Earth, Moon, and Planets

, Volume 97, Issue 3–4, pp 399–409 | Cite as

Disconnection Events Processes in Cometary Tails

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Abstract

This contribution makes a review and compares the current competitive theories, based on triggering mechanisms, in order to explain the episodic phenomena of disconnection events (DEs), i.e., when the plasma tail appears disconnected from the cometary head, namely: the ion production effects, the pressure effects and the magnetic reconnection effects are analysed.

Keywords

Comets disconnection events interaction with solar wind interplanetary space 
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Acknowledgements

The support obtained by M.R.V. from Cruzeiro do Sul University, UNICSUL, is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. 1.Department of InformaticCruzeiro do Sul UniversitySão PauloBrazil

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