Nirupam Roy et al 2007 ApJ 668 L67 doi:10.1086/522780
Nirupam Roy1, P. K. Manoharan2 and Pavan Chakraborty3
Show affiliationsWe present the occultation observation of compact radio source B0019-000 through the plasma tail of comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-B. The observation was made with the Ooty Radio Telescope at 326.5 MHz on 2006 May 26, when the plasma tail of the comet was in front of this source. The scintillation was found to be increased significantly for the target source compared to that of a control source. The intensity fluctuation power spectra show both steepening at high spatial scales and excess power at low spatial scales. This observation can be attributed to the turbulence in the comet plasma tail. A two-regime plasma turbulence can explain the time-evolution of the power spectrum during the occultation observation.
comets: general; comets: individual (73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-B); interplanetary medium; occultations; turbulence
Issue 1 (2007 October 10)
Received 2007 July 6, accepted for publication 2007 August 24
Published 2007 September 25
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