The plasma environment of comets

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991 · Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics; (United States)

OSTI ID:5029300

Gombosi, T I ^[1]

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1. USAF, Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA (United States)

U.S. research activities in the area of cometary plasma physics during 1987-1990 are reviewed. Consideration is given to mass loading and its consequences in the upstream region, the cometary shock, the cometosheath, the diamagnetic cavity boundary and the inner shock, and the plasma tail. Special attention is given to models and observations that have modified the pre-encounter understanding of cometary plasma environments. 211 refs.

• OSTI ID: 5029300
• Report Number(s): CONF-910878-; CODEN: RGPSB
• Journal Information: Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics; (United States), Vol. 29; Conference: 20. general assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), Vienna (Austria), 11-24 Aug 1991; Related Information: Shea, M. A; ISSN 0034-6853
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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