Statistics – Methodology
Scientific paper
Dec 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994apj...436..885k&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 436, no. 2, p. 885-906
Statistics
Methodology
7
Astronomical Models, Comets, Cyanogen, Electronic Spectra, Fluorescence, Rotational Spectra, Abundance, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Isotopes, Mathematical Models
Scientific paper
We present a model to compute flourescence spectra of the stable isotopes of CN in the comae of comets. The effects of collisions are included and shown to be significant as a mechanism secondary to the flourescence process in the calculations. Our computed spectra are compared with high-resolution spectra of the B2 sigma(+)-X2 sigma(+) (0-0) band for comets Halley, Austin, and Levy. This comparison shows that collisonal effects are observable in the CN spectra of relatively high production rate comets, such as Halley and Levy. Moreover, the model confirms that the overall structure of the CN spectra in comets results predominantly from pure flourescence governed by the Swings effect. The primary goal of our model is to provide a methodology to compute accurate rotational line flourescence efficiencies for the stable isotopes of CN: (12)C(14)N, (13)C(14)N, and (12)C(15)N. The flourescence efficiencies are required to convert observed isotope line intensity ratios to isotope abundance ratios of carbons and nitrogen in comets.
Kleine Marvin
Peterson Bruce A.
Wehinger Peter A.
Wyckoff Susan
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