Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Apr 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000apj...533l.175g&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 533, Issue 2, pp. L175-L178.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Atomic Processes, Comets: General, X-Rays: General
Scientific paper
X-ray emission from a comet was observed for the first time in 1996. One of the mechanisms believed to be contributing to this surprisingly strong emission is the interaction of highly charged solar wind ions with cometary gases. Reported herein are total absolute charge-exchange and normalized line-emission (X-ray) cross sections for collisions of high-charge state (+3 to +10) C, N, O, and Ne ions with the cometary species H2O and CO2. It is found that in several cases the double charge-exchange cross sections can be large, and in the case of C3+ they are equal to those for single charge exchange. Present results are compared to cross section values used in recent comet models. The importance of applying accurate cross sections, including double charge exchange, to obtain absolute line-emission intensities is emphasized.
Chutjian Ara
Greenwood Jason B.
Smith Stephen J.
Williams I. D.
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