Mapping of coma anisotropies to plasma structures of weak comets: A 3-D hybrid simulation study

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1555-1572

  Gortsas, N ^a   Motschmann, U ^a,b   Kuhrt E ^a   Knollenberg, J ^a   Simon, S ^b   Boesswetter, A ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (solar wind interactions with unmagnetized bodies) space plasma physics (kinetic and MHD theory; Numerical simulation studies)

Indexed keywords

COMET; MAGNETOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLASMA; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 70449652928     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-1555-2009     Document Type: Article

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