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Observation of a new type of low-frequency waves at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Institut für Geophysik und extraterrestrische Physik, TU Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 3, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
C. Koenders
Institut für Geophysik und extraterrestrische Physik, TU Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 3, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
H.-U. Auster
Institut für Geophysik und extraterrestrische Physik, TU Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 3, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
D. Frühauff
Institut für Geophysik und extraterrestrische Physik, TU Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 3, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Institut für Geophysik und extraterrestrische Physik, TU Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 3, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
P. Heinisch
Institut für Geophysik und extraterrestrische Physik, TU Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 3, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
C. Perschke
Institut für Geophysik und extraterrestrische Physik, TU Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 3, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Institut für Theoretische Physik, TU Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 3, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
U. Motschmann
Institut für Theoretische Physik, TU Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 3, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Rutherfordstraße 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany
B. Stoll
Institut für Geophysik und extraterrestrische Physik, TU Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 3, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
K. Altwegg
Physikalisches Institut, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
J. Burch
Southwest Research Institute, P.O. Drawer 28510, San Antonio, TX 78228-0510, USA
C. Carr
Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK
E. Cupido
Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK
A. Eriksson
Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Ångström Laboratory, Lägerhyddsvägen 1, Uppsala, Sweden
Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace, UMR 7328 CNRS – Université d'Orléans, Orléans, France
R. Goldstein
Southwest Research Institute, P.O. Drawer 28510, San Antonio, TX 78228-0510, USA
J.-P. Lebreton
Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace, UMR 7328 CNRS – Université d'Orléans, Orléans, France
P. Mokashi
Southwest Research Institute, P.O. Drawer 28510, San Antonio, TX 78228-0510, USA
Z. Nemeth
Wigner Research Centre for Physics, 1121 Konkoly Thege Street 29–33, Budapest, Hungary
H. Nilsson
Swedish Institute of Space Physics, P.O. Box 812, 981 28 Kiruna, Sweden
Physikalisches Institut, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Wigner Research Centre for Physics, 1121 Konkoly Thege Street 29–33, Budapest, Hungary
B. T. Tsurutani
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
C. Vallat
Rosetta Science Ground Segment, European Space Astronomy Centre, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
M. Volwerk
Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Schmiedlstraße 6, 8042 Graz, Austria
K.-H. Glassmeier
Institut für Geophysik und extraterrestrische Physik, TU Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 3, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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We present a first report on magnetic field measurements made in the coma of comet 67P/C-G in...
