Solar wind stagnation near comets

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view Abstract Citations (136) References (13) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Solar wind stagnation near comets Galeev, A. A. ; Cravens, T. E. ; Gombosi, T. I. Abstract The nature of the solar wind flow near comets is examined analytically in this paper. In particular, typical values for the stagnation pressure and magnetic barrier strength are estimated, taking into account magnetic field line tension and change-exchange cooling of the mass-loaded solar wind. A knowledge of the strength of the magnetic barrier is required in order to determine the location of the ionopause surface which separates the contaminated solar wind plasma from the outflowing plasma of the cometary ionosphere. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: February 1985 DOI: 10.1086/162945 Bibcode: 1985ApJ...289..807G Keywords: Cometary Atmospheres; Computational Astrophysics; Magnetic Effects; Plasma-Particle Interactions; Solar Wind; Stagnation Pressure; Distribution Functions; Flow Equations; Ion Distribution; Ionopause; Ionospheres; Plasma Cooling; Shock Fronts; COMETS; SOLAR WIND; FLOWS; ANALYSIS; PRESSURE; MAGNETIC EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; COOLING; MASS LOADING; IONOPAUSE; PLASMA; Solar Physics; Comets full text sources ADS |