An interpretation of the ion pile-up region outside the ionospheric contact surfaceThe possibility that the formation of the plasma pile-up region at comet Halley as observed by Giotto could be the combined result of field-aligned transport and recombination process is discussed. Giotto measurements support the hypothesis.
Document ID
19870015744
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Ip, WING-H. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Schwenn, R. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Rosenbauer, H. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Balsiger, H. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Neugebauer, M. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Shelley, E. G. (Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Palo Alto, Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
September 5, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1986
Publication Information
Publication: ESA Proceedings of the 20th ESLAB Symposium on the Exploration of Halley's Comet. Volume 1: Plasma and Gas