Abstract
Ifviscosity is taken into account, Keplerian motion of a large number of grains in a gravitational field has a tendency to lead to the formation ofjet streams.
In order to treat problems of this kind it is advantageous to present celestial mechanics by a simple perturbation approach which is developed in Sections 2–7.
Inelastic collisions between a number of grains will tend to make their orbits similar. This leads to the formation of jet streams. Their properties are treated in Sections 8–10.
Finally, in Section 11, we discuss the possible application of the jet stream theory to meteor streams, to asteroidal jet streams, and to the cosmogonic accretion process.
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Alfvén, H. Jet streams in space. Astrophys Space Sci 6, 161–174 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00653628
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00653628