The infant bow shock: a new frontier at a weak activity comet
| dc.contributor.author | Gunell, H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Goetz, C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Simon Wedlund, C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lindkvist, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hamrin, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nilsson, H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Llera, K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Eriksson, A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Holmström, M. | |
| dc.date | 2018 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-12T12:58:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-11-12T12:58:43Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/7140 | |
| dc.description | The bow shock is the first boundary the solar wind encounters as it approaches planets or comets. The Rosetta spacecraft was able to observe the formation of a bow shock by following comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko toward the Sun, through perihelion, and back outward again. The spacecraft crossed the newly formed bow shock several times during two periods a few months before and after perihelion; it observed an increase in magnetic field magnitude and oscillation amplitude, electron and proton heating at the shock, and the diminution of the solar wind further downstream. Rosetta observed a cometary bow shock in its infancy, a stage in its development not previously accessible to in situ measurements at comets and planets. | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.title | The infant bow shock: a new frontier at a weak activity comet | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dc.subject.frascati | Physical sciences | |
| dc.audience | Scientific | |
| dc.subject.free | comets | |
| dc.subject.free | 67P/Churyumov | |
| dc.subject.free | Gerasimenko | |
| dc.subject.free | plasmas | |
| dc.subject.free | shock waves | |
| dc.source.title | Astronomy & Astrophysics | |
| dc.source.volume | 619 | |
| dc.source.page | L2 | |
| Orfeo.peerreviewed | Yes | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1051/0004-6361/201834225 |
