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Properties of whistler mode wave packets at the leading edge of steepened magnetosonic waves - Comet Giacobini-ZinnerThe physical characteristics of high-frequency wave packets detected at the steepened edge of magnetosonic waves near Comet Giacobini-Zinner are explored, based on an examination of over 45 well-defined events. The results suggest that the wave packets play an important role in the reorientation and reduction in field magnitude from the steepened magnetosonic waves to the upstream ambient field. The observed properties of the wave packets are shown to be consistent with anomalously Doppler-shifted right-hand polarized waves.
Document ID
19890047146
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Tsurutani, Bruce T.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Smith, Edward J.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Brinca, Armando L.
(California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States)
Thorne, Richard M.
(California, University Los Angeles, United States)
Matsumoto, Hiroshi
(Kyoto University Uji, Japan)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Planetary and Space Science
Volume: 37
ISSN: 0032-0633
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
89A34517
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-87-18108
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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