Plasma and Dust around Icy Moon Enceladus and Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

• Main Author: Engelhardt, Ilka. A. D.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Rymd- och plasmafysik 2018
• Subjects: Fusion; Plasma and Space Physics; plasma och rymdfysik; Langmuir; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-348856

Saturn's moon Enceladus and comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko both are examples of icy solar system objects from which gas and dust flow into space. At both bodies, the gas becomes partly ionized and the dust grains get charged. Both bodies have been visited by spacecraft carrying similar Langmui...