Extremely-low-frequency plasma waves in the environment of comet Halley

The Vega 1 and 2 satellites' low frequency plasma wave detectors have noted an enhanced plasma wave intensity during their encounter with comet Halley which may be identified with the inbound crossing of a quasi-perpendicular cometary bow shock, in the case of Vega 1, or a quasi-parallel one, i...

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Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 321; no. 6067s; pp. 292 - 293
Main Authors:	Klimov, S, Savin, S, Aleksevich, Ya, Avanesova, G, Balebanov, V, Balikhin, M, Galeev, A, Gribov, B, Nozdrachev, M, Smirnov, V, Sokolov, A, Vaisberg, O, Oberc, P, Krawczyk, Z, Grzedzielski, S, Juchniewicz, J, Nowak, K, Orlowski, D, Parfianovich, B, Wo niak, D, Zbyszynski, Z, Voita, Ya, Triska, P
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	15-05-1986
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Summary:	The Vega 1 and 2 satellites' low frequency plasma wave detectors have noted an enhanced plasma wave intensity during their encounter with comet Halley which may be identified with the inbound crossing of a quasi-perpendicular cometary bow shock, in the case of Vega 1, or a quasi-parallel one, in the case of Vega 2. Attention is given to the features of the plasma waves that were excited in the course of anomalously fast ionization of the cometary atmosphere in the inner coma. (O.C.)
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ISSN:	0028-0836 1476-4687
DOI:	10.1038/321292a0