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Plasma wave turbulence at planetary bow shocks

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Voyager 1 observations of plasma wave turbulence at Saturn's bow shock are discussed and compared with corresponding data from Jupiter, Earth, and Venus. The results suggest that the plasma instabilities that develop at the lower Mach number bow shocks of the terrestrial planets differ from those found at the high Mach number bow shocks of the outer planets.

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  1. Space Science Department, TRW Defense and Space Systems Group, Redondo Beach, California, 90278, USA

    F. L. Scarf

  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, USA

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Scarf, F., Gurnett, D. & Kurth, W. Plasma wave turbulence at planetary bow shocks. Nature 292, 747–750 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/292747a0

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