Modified ion-Weibel instability as a possible source of wave activity at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

We analytically discuss wave excitation in a homogeneous three component plasma consisting of solar wind protons, electrons and a beam of cometary water ions applied to the plasma environment of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The resulting dispersion relations are studied in a solar wind rest...

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Main Authors: P. Meier, K.-H. Glassmeier, U. Motschmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-08-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/34/691/2016/angeo-34-691-2016.pdf