Table 1 Characteristic parameters of laser-produced plasmas, simulated plasma cloud and solar wind.

From: Laboratory Study on Disconnection Events in Comets

parameters

experiment

PIC simulation

DEs

A

64

1

1

Z

10

1

1

T

100 eV

\({10}^{-4}{m}_{i}{{c}_{L}}^{2}\)

10 eV

n i

1019 cm−3

1019 cm−3

1 cm−3

B

—

—

10 nT

d i

54 μm

20Δy

2.29 × 102 km

d e

0.5 μm

3Δy

5.32 km

d

200 μm

20Δy

—

c s

41 km/s

0.01c L

45 km/s

v A

—

—

220 km/s

v

280 km/s

0.02c L

300–700 km/s

Mach-number, M

7

2

6.7–15.5

M A

—

—

1.6–3.2