Peculiarities in the ionic tail of Comet Ikeya-Seki (1965f)

dc.contributor.author	Krishan, V
dc.contributor.author	Sivaraman, K. R
dc.date.accessioned	2008-12-19T14:40:44Z
dc.date.available	2008-12-19T14:40:44Z
dc.date.issued	1982-04
dc.identifier.citation	The Moon and the Planets, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 209 - 215	en
dc.identifier.issn	0167-9295
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/4147
dc.description.abstract	Direct photographs of Comet Ikeya-Seki obtained on four consecutive days from October 29 to November 1, 1965, are used for an analysis of the multiple helical structures in the ionised tail. The formation of these structures is explained on the basis of plasma instabilities excited in the tail containing twisted magnetic fields. The growth rate of the modes excited at the mode rational surface agrees well with the observed results. This model also accounts for the presence of harmonic structures seen in the tail of the comet.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	D. Reidel Publishing Co.	en
dc.relation.uri	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1982M%26P....26..209K	en
dc.relation.uri	http://www.springerlink.com/content/v068221344107865/	en
dc.subject	Comet tails	en
dc.subject	Cometary atmospheres	en
dc.subject	Solar wind	en
dc.subject	Astronomical photography	en
dc.subject	Boundary value problems	en
dc.subject	Interplanetary medium	en
dc.subject	Ionospheres	en
dc.subject	Magnetic fields	en
dc.subject	Magnetohydrodynamic stability	en
dc.subject	Plasma interactions	en
dc.title	Peculiarities in the ionic tail of Comet Ikeya-Seki (1965f)	en
dc.type	Article	en