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dc.contributor.authorKundt, W-
dc.contributor.authorKrishan, V-
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-29T14:32:54Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-29T14:32:54Z-
dc.date.issued1988-04-
dc.identifier.citationAstrophysics and Space Science, Vol. 143, No. 2, pp. 387 - 391en
dc.identifier.issn0004-640X-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2248/4303-
dc.description.abstractCometary plasma tails are accelerated by the solar wind to ≈ half its velocity, corresponding to some 10/sup2 times the solar-wind momentum density. The authors corroborate Alfvén's (1957) "wind-sock" mechanism according to which the momentum transfer is brought about by magnetic rigidity.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publishersen
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00637150en
dc.relation.urihttp://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988Ap%26SS.143..387Ken
dc.subjectComet Tailsen
dc.subjectPlasma Accelerationen
dc.subjectPlasma Interactionsen
dc.subjectSolar Winden
dc.subjectCometary Atmospheresen
dc.subjectMagnetic Field Configurationsen
dc.subjectMagnetohydrodynamicsen
dc.subjectMomentum Transferen
dc.titleAcceleration of cometary plasma tailsen
dc.typeArticleen
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