A model of carbon production in a cometary coma

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Nov 1978

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Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 70, no. 4, Nov. 1978, p. 547-553. Research supported by the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Astronomical Models, Carbon, Comet Heads, Earth Ionosphere, Abundance, Atmospheric Models, Brightness, Coma, Ionospheres, Photoionization, Ultraviolet Spectroscopy

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A model of the cometary ionosphere is developed in order to account for the large population of metastable C(D-1) atoms detected via the ultraviolet spectrum of Comet West (1976 VI). Dissociative recombination of CO(plus) ions and electrons is shown to be the dominant source of carbon atoms rather than photodissociation of CO so that the derived carbon production rate is only a lower limit to the evaporation rate of the carbon bearing mother molecule.

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