Stability of the Venus ionopause

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May 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987kosis..25..456k&link_type=abstract

Kosmicheskie Issledovaniia (ISSN 0023-4206), vol. 25, May-June 1987, p. 456-463. In Russian.

Physics

Ionopause, Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability, Magnetic Flux, Plasma-Electromagnetic Interaction, Venus Atmosphere, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Solar Planetary Interactions

Scientific paper

The paper analyzes a previously proposed mechanism for the formation of magnetic ropes in the Venus ionosphere: the destruction of the ionopause as the result of the development of Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. The axial symmetry of plasma flow in the transition region leads to a situation in which disturbances on a scale exceeding 50 km (the characteristic scale of magnetic ropes near the ionopause) are stable at zenith angles not greater than 10 deg. It is noted that Pioneer-Venus data provide evidence for the stability of the ionopause at low dynamic pressure of the solar wind.

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