Fine Scale Structure in Cometary Dust Tails - Figure 5.24 - Solar Wind adjusted temporal maps of C/2011 L4 as seen by HI-1B with coarse-scale difference enhancement

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Three solar wind aligned temporal maps of C/2011 L4's main dust tail region as seen by HI-1B with coarse-scale difference enhancement. The x-axis corresponds to the paths through the comet tail taken by solar wind features of the annotated speed. For a given solar wind speed, if all new combed features are at least vertical or slope diagonally to the top right, they are compatible with a potential formation from a solar wind structure moving at that particular speed. Solar wind speeds of ~190 km s-1 and above are compatible with the orientation of the combed features that form in C/2011 L4's dust tail. Two points of note in the tail are points P (βr = 1.7 and te = 2013-03-08 04:50 UT); shown in purple, and point G (βr = 0.8 and te = 2013-03-05 12:00 UT); shown in green.The new combed feature above point G is particularly clear and useful for checking for a vertical orientation.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5522/04/17082161.v1
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Creator Price, Oliver; Jones, Geraint
Publisher University College London UCL
Contributor Figshare
Publication Year 2021
Rights https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact researchdatarepository(at)ucl.ac.uk
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Language English
Resource Type Media; Audiovisual
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Geology; Geosciences; Geospheric Sciences; Natural Sciences; Physics; Solar Physics