@article{Volwerk:2016:10.5194/angeo-34-1-2016,
author = {Volwerk, M and Richter, I and Tsurutani, B and Gotz, C and Altwegg, K and Broiles, T and Burch, J and Carr, CM and Cupido, E and Delva, M and Dosa, M and Edberg, NJT and Eriksson, A and Henri, P and Koenders, C and Lebreton, JP and Mandt, KE and Nilsson, H and Opitz, A and Rubin, M and Schwingenschuh, K and Stenberg, Wieser G and Szego, K and Vallat, C and Vallieres, X and Glassmeier, KH},
doi = {10.5194/angeo-34-1-2016},
journal = {Annales Geophysicae},
pages = {1--15},
title = {Mass-loading, pile-up, and mirror-mode waves at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-1-2016},
volume = {34},
year = {2016}
}

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AB  - . The data from all Rosetta Plasma Consortium instruments and from the ROSINA COPSinstrument are used to study the interaction of the solar wind with the outgassing cometary nucleusof 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. During 6 and 7 June 2015, the interaction was first dominatedby an increase in the solar wind dynamic pressure, caused by a higher solar wind ion density. Thispressure compressed the draped magnetic field around the comet, and the increase in solar windelectrons enhanced the ionization of the outflow gas through collisional ionization. The new ionsare picked up by the solar wind magnetic field, and create a ring/ring-beam distribution, which, in ahigh-β plasma, is unstable for mirror mode wave generation. Two different kinds of mirror modesare observed: one of small size generated by locally ionized water and one of large size generatedby ionization and pick-up farther away from the comet.
AU  - Volwerk,M
AU  - Richter,I
AU  - Tsurutani,B
AU  - Gotz,C
AU  - Altwegg,K
AU  - Broiles,T
AU  - Burch,J
AU  - Carr,CM
AU  - Cupido,E
AU  - Delva,M
AU  - Dosa,M
AU  - Edberg,NJT
AU  - Eriksson,A
AU  - Henri,P
AU  - Koenders,C
AU  - Lebreton,JP
AU  - Mandt,KE
AU  - Nilsson,H
AU  - Opitz,A
AU  - Rubin,M
AU  - Schwingenschuh,K
AU  - Stenberg,Wieser G
AU  - Szego,K
AU  - Vallat,C
AU  - Vallieres,X
AU  - Glassmeier,KH
DO  - 10.5194/angeo-34-1-2016
EP  - 15
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 1432-0576
SP  - 1
TI  - Mass-loading, pile-up, and mirror-mode waves at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
T2  - Annales Geophysicae
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-1-2016
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/28941
VL  - 34
ER  - 

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