Using a Physico-Chemical Coma Model to Understand Observations of Comets

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Dec 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004agufm.p31a0976b&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2004, abstract #P31A-0976

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

6005 Atmospheres: Composition And Chemistry, 6007 Atmospheres: Structure And Dynamics, 6026 Ionospheres: Composition And Chemistry, 6210 Comets

Scientific paper

Analyses of observations of the comets, Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake, are performed using a global coma model. The relevant physico-chemical processes are identified in order to provide the framework within which observations of these comets can be understood and inferences about their composition can be made. The latest results detailing these processes are discussed concentrating on the collision-dominated inner coma and including the temperature and velocity structure and photo- and gas-phase chemistry (e.g., gas and electron energetics, electron impact reactions). Special consideration is given to the determination of parent species (e.g., C2H2, C2H6, C3H4) from the plethora of molecules and atoms seen in recent comets, concentrating on observations of C2, C3, S2, and NS. The model is useful for identifying important physical and chemical processes for analyzing observations and in situ measurements of comets, to plan spacecraft encounters with these objects, and to learn lessons from past investigations for improving future models. We acknowledge funding from the NSF Planetary Astronomy and SwRI Internal Research programs.

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