The Effect of Mass Loading Outside Cometary Bow Shock for the Plasma and Wave Measurements in the Coming Cometary Missions

doi:doi:10.1029/JA092iA02p01131

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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 92, NO. A2, PP. 1131-1137, 1987
doi:10.1029/JA092iA02p01131

The Effect of Mass Loading Outside Cometary Bow Shock for the Plasma and Wave Measurements in the Coming Cometary Missions

R. Z. Sagdeev

Space Research Institute, Moscow

V. D. Shapiro

Space Research Institute, Moscow

V. I. Shevchenko

Space Research Institute, Moscow

K. Szegő

Central Research Institute for Physics, Budapest

The neutral gas emitted by comets is partly photoionized along its path. The interaction of the ions with the solar wind leads to observable particle and wave effects in the ambient plasma. These are described in the present paper.

Received 18 February 1986; accepted 28 May 1986; .

Citation: Sagdeev, R. Z., V. D. Shapiro, V. I. Shevchenko, and K. Szegő (1987), The Effect of Mass Loading Outside Cometary Bow Shock for the Plasma and Wave Measurements in the Coming Cometary Missions, J. Geophys. Res., 92(A2), 1131–1137, doi:10.1029/JA092iA02p01131.

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