The Atomic Carbon Distribution in the Coma of Comet p/ Halley

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Nov 1987

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Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol.187, NO. 1+2/NOV, P. 380, 1987

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The radial distributions of CO, O I, C I, and C II emissions in the coma of comet Halley were measured by a long-slit far ultraviolet spectrograph aboard a sounding rocket on 26 February and 13 March 1986. While radial outflow models of CO can match the observed CO profiles at cometocentric distances > 104 km, the observed carbon distribution is not consistent with the model, suggesting an additional source of atomic carbon in the inner coma. The in situ plasma measurements from the Vega and Giotto spacecraft suggest a possible additional source from the dissociative recombination of electron-impact ionized CO in the inner coma.

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