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在67 P/Churuyumov-Gerasimenko彗星上彗星鞘的发展:Rosetta观测比较的个例研究

Development of a cometosheath at comet 67P/Churuyumov-Gerasimenko: A case study comparison of Rosetta observations

H. N. Williamson, H. Nilsson, G. Stenberg Wieser, A. Moeslinger, C. Goetz

摘要:

背景:众所周知,彗星的电离层通过质量负载使太阳风偏转,但这种相互作用取决于彗星的活动。我们使用罗塞塔离子成分分析仪在彗星67 P调查这一过程的细节。目的:本研究旨在比较罗塞塔飞行任务中两个不同时期太阳风和彗星离子的相互作用。研究方法:我们比较了两个集成的离子矩(密度,速度和动量通量)和速度分布函数的两天,四个月的间隔。将速度分布函数投影到取决于磁场方向的坐标系中,并在三小时内取平均值。结果:第一种情况下,在离子矩和速度分布函数中显示高度散射的H+。He 2+离子有些散射,但不那么散射,看起来更像H2O+拾取离子。第二种情况显示了质量负载的特征证据,其中太阳风种类被偏转,但速度分布函数没有显着变化。结论:在第一种情况下的H+的分布,当与He 2+和H2O+皮卡离子相比,是一个狭窄的cometosheath的H+ gyroradius的规模上的指示。因此,具有较大回旋半径的He 2+和H2O+在很大程度上能够通过该cometosheath。的动量通量张量的检查表明,在第一种情况下,所有的物种有一个显着的非回旋动量通量分量高于第二质量加载的情况下。在第一种情况下,质量加载不能充分解释分布函数和动量通量张量,因此我们假设这是弓形激波形成的证据。

英文摘要:

Context: The ionosphere of a comet is known to deflect the solar wind through mass loading, but the interaction is dependent on cometary activity. We investigate the details of this process at comet 67P using the Rosetta Ion Composition Analyzer. Aims: This study aims to compare the interaction of the solar wind and cometary ions during two different time periods in the Rosetta mission. Methods: We compared both the integrated ion moments (density, velocity, and momentum flux) and the velocity distribution functions for two days, four months apart. The velocity distribution functions were projected into a coordinate system dependent on the magnetic field direction and averaged over three hours. Results: The first case shows highly scattered H+ in both ion moments and velocity distribution function. The He2+ ions are somewhat scattered, but less so, and appear more like those of H2O+ pickup ions. The second case shows characteristic evidence of mass-loading, where the solar wind species are deflected, but the velocity distribution function is not significantly changed. Conclusions: The distributions of H+ in the first case, when compared to He2+ and H2O+ pickup ions, are indicative of a narrow cometosheath on the scale of the H+ gyroradius. Thus, He2+ and H2O+, with larger gyroradii, are largely able to pass through this cometosheath. An examination of the momentum flux tensor suggests that all species in the first case have a significant non-gyrotropic momentum flux component that is higher than that of the second mass-loaded case. Mass loading is not a sufficient explanation for the distribution functions and momentum flux tensor in the first case, and so we assume this is evidence of bow shock formation.

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