Mass-loading, pile-up, and mirror-mode waves at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

The data from all Rosetta plasma consortium instruments and from the ROSINA COPS instrument are used to study the interaction of the solar wind with the outgassing cometary nucleus of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. During 6 and 7 June 2015, the interaction was first dominated by an increase in the so...

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Main Authors: M. Volwerk, I. Richter, B. Tsurutani, C. Götz, K. Altwegg, T. Broiles, J. Burch, C. Carr, E. Cupido, M. Delva, M. Dósa, N. J. T. Edberg, A. Eriksson, P. Henri, C. Koenders, J.-P. Lebreton, K. E. Mandt, H. Nilsson, A. Opitz, M. Rubin, K. Schwingenschuh, G. Stenberg Wieser, K. Szegö, C. Vallat, X. Vallieres, K.-H. Glassmeier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/34/1/2016/angeo-34-1-2016.pdf