Cometary ion flow variations at comet P/Halley as observed by the Giotto IMS experiments.
Abstract
Using the combined data sets from the angle analyzer and the mass analyzer of the Giotto IMS-HIS experiment, the authors have derived the three-dimensional plasma flow properties of cometary ions for masses ≥12 AMU. The results are in agreement with the theoretical model of charge exchange loss of the hot cometary ions.
- Publication:
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Annales Geophysicae
- Pub Date:
- March 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990AnGeo...8..229K
- Keywords:
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- Cometary Atmospheres;
- Ion Distribution;
- Ion Temperature;
- Solar Wind;
- Giotto Mission;
- Halley'S Comet;
- International Magnetospheric Study;
- Plasma Temperature;
- COMETS;
- IONS;
- FLOW;
- HALLEY;
- SPACECRAFT OBSERVATIONS;
- GIOTTO MISSION;
- IMS INSTRUMENT;
- PLASMA;
- DISTANCE;
- TEMPERATURE;
- VELOCITY;
- COMPARISONS;
- THEORETICAL STUDIES;
- SPECTROMETRY;
- HIS INSTRUMENT;
- DIAGRAMS;
- CHARGE;
- CALCULATIONS;
- DISTRIBUTION;
- ACCELERATION;
- SPECTRA;
- Comet 1986 III Halley;
- Cometary Plasma