Spatial distribution of neutral and ionic constituents in comet P/Halley

Details Spatial distribution of neutral and ionic constituents in comet P/Halley Spatial distribution of neutral and ionic constituents in comet P/Halley

Feb 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998a%26as..127..479u&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, v.127, p.479-495

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Comets: Individual: P/Halley, Multislit Spectra, Molecular Ions, Radicals, Spatial Distribution

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Multislit spectra of comet P/Halley were obtained on April 10, 1986, using a focal reducer with a field of ~ 0.5(deg) angular diameter. The number and arrangement of the slits allowed a reconstruction of the spatial distribution of principal neutral and ionic coma constituents within a frame of about 4\ 10(5) x 4\ 10(5\) km(2) at the comet. Radial profiles and two-dimensional maps for the dust continuum, CN, C_3, CH, CO (+) , and especially CO_2(+) , are presented in absolute intensity and column density units, respectively. Scale lengths and production rates for the radicals were determined within the Haser model. The molecular ions are not only restricted to the plasma tail but are also present in the sunward coma. Instead of forming a peak at the nucleus like the neutral radicals the ion column densities decrease rapidly in the solar direction and form a plateau extending from the nucleus into the antisolar direction. The distribution of CO_2(+) shows a stronger decrease in the tailward direction than that of CO (+) . Based on observations at the European Southern Observatory, La Silla, Chile.

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