IAU Colloquium 168
Cometary Nuclei in Space and Time
Nanjing,
China
May 18-22, 1998
Electronically-submitted Abstracts of Participants
Disruption of Charged Dust Grains in Cometary Plasma Environments
Chen Yao, Li Zhongyuan, Shi Zhidong
(1) Department of Earth and Space Science,
University of Science anad Technology of China,
Anhui,Hefei,230026 P.R.C.
(2) Advanced Center for Science and Astronomy,
Third World Academy of Science.
The surface potentials on fluffy dust grains consisting of carbon
and silicate materials in cometary plasma environments are calculated
based on continuous charging model including collection, secondary
emission on dust surface. The equilibrium potential and dust
fragmentation criterion are given out for dust grains at different
distance from comet P/Halley and P/G-Z. It is suggested that the
electrostatic disruption is one of the possible causes for large
amounts of tiny dust grains in coma.
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