Coates, AJ;
Johnstone, AD;
Huddleston, DE;
Wilken, B;
Jockers, K;
Borg, H;
Amata, E;
... Neubauer, FM; + view all
(1993)
Pickup water group ions at comet Grigg‐Skjellerup.
Geophysical Research Letters
, 20
(6)
483 - 486.
10.1029/93GL00174.
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Abstract
The density and velocity distribution of cometary water group ions was measured by the Giotto spacecraft in the regions upstream and downstream of the 'bow shock' at comet Grigg-Skjellerup. The results show that the distributions of ions are ring-like until quite close to the shock, the timescales for pitch angle and energy diffusion appear similar and the ion density follows a r-2 dependence.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Pickup water group ions at comet Grigg‐Skjellerup |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1029/93GL00174 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/93GL00174 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright 1993 by the American Geophysical Union |
| Keywords: | Solar-wind, Velocity distributions, Halley, Protons, Gas |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Space and Climate Physics |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/114855 |
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