The subsolar ionopause of Venus is expected to be stable to both the Kelvin-Helmholtz and flute instabilities. However, magnetic profiles obtained in the subsolar region indicate that the surface of the ionopause contains large amplitude corrugations, perhaps incipient flux ropes. A possible mechanism for destabilizing the boundary is suggested by the observation that the ion density does not drop abruptly at the ionopause but continues to decrease smoothly into the magnetosheath.


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    Titel :

    Waves on the subsolar ionopause of Venus


    Beteiligte:
    Russell, C. T. (Autor:in) / Singh, R. N. (Autor:in) / Luhmann, J. G. (Autor:in) / Elphic, R. C. (Autor:in) / Brace, L. H. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1987-01-01



    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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