On Kelvin-Helmholtz instability due to the solar wind interaction with unmagnetized planets

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1811-1816

  Amerstorfer, U V ^a,b   Erkaev, N V ^c   Langmayr, D ^a   Biernat, H K ^a,b  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL MODELING   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Kelvin Helmholtz instability; MHD; Solar wind interaction; Venus

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW VELOCITY; GROWTH RATE; IONOSPHERE; MACH NUMBER; MAGNETIZATION; PLANETS; PLASMA DENSITY; SOLAR WIND;

DENSITY CHANGE; IDEAL MHD EQUATIONS; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; UNMAGNETIZED PLANETS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 34748873125     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.01.015     Document Type: Article

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