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Dynamic unmagnetized plasma in the diamagnetic cavity around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
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2018 (Engelska)Ingår i: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, ISSN 0035-8711, E-ISSN 1365-2966, Vol. 475, nr 3, s. 4140-4147Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Published
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The Rosetta orbiter witnessed several hundred diamagnetic cavity crossings (unmagnetized regions) around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko during its two year survey of the comet. The characteristics of the plasma environment inside these diamagnetic regions are studied using in situ measurements by the Rosetta Plasma Consortium instruments. Although the unmagnetized plasma density has been observed to exhibit little dynamics compared to the very dynamical magnetized cometary plasma, we detected several localized dynamic plasma structures inside those diamagnetic regions. These plasma structures are not related to the direct ionization of local cometary neutrals. The structures are found to be steepened, asymmetric plasma enhancements with typical rising-to-descending slope ratio of similar to 2.8 (+/- 1.9), skewness similar to 0.43 (+/- 0.36), mean duration of similar to 2.7 (+/- 0.9) min and relative density variation Delta N/N of similar to 0.5 (+/- 0.2), observed close to the electron exobase. Similar steepened plasma density enhancements were detected at the magnetized boundaries of the diamagnetic cavity as well as outside the diamagnetic region. The plausible scalelength and propagation direction of the structures are estimated from simple plasma dynamics considerations. It is suggested that they are large-scale unmagnetized plasma enhancements, transmitted from the very dynamical outer magnetized region to the inner magnetic field-free cavity region.

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Oxford University Press, 2018. Vol. 475, nr 3, s. 4140-4147
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methods: data analysis, methods: observational, comets: general, comets: individual: P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
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Fusion, plasma och rymdfysik
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-146551DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty094ISI: 000427141900087Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85045887044OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-146551DiVA, id: diva2:1205992
Tillgänglig från: 2018-05-15 Skapad: 2018-05-15 Senast uppdaterad: 2024-07-02Bibliografiskt granskad

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