CHINESE JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS ›› 2001, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (1): 72-74.

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NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF COMET HALE-BOPP'S SPIRAL JET STRUCTURE

WANG Yu1, ZHOU Hong-nan2   

  1. 1. Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, the Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 200030, P R China;
    2. Department of Physics, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, P R China
  • Received:1999-06-28 Revised:2000-03-01 Online:2001-01-25 Published:2001-01-25

Abstract: Based on the observational data of comet Hale Bopp's spiral jet structure obtained in Shanghai Astronomical Observatory from March to May 1997,the formation of the spiral jet structure is simulated by using Monte Carlo method.A basic model is proposed and the effect of different parameters is discussed.The numerical results reproduce the observed jet morphology Satisfactorily.

Key words: comet Hale Bopp, spiral jet, Monte Carlo simulatio

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