VELOCITY SHEAR INSTABILITY IN DUSTY PLASMAS OF COMET

摘要

The velocity shear instability in a magnetized, three-component dusty plasma is investigated for both positively and negatively charged dust particles. The critical shears as a function of the relative charge of dust grains for both positively and negatively charged dust grains are in the same form. The instability excitation is easier in colder proton's environment for positively charged dust, and so also in colder electron's environment for negatively charged dust. For a certain flow pattern, the instability excites in different direction for different sign of charged dust grains. This conclusion may be helpful in interpreting the helical structures and streamer splitted phenomena in a cometary tail.