The discovery of S2 in comet IRAS-Araki-Alcock 1983d

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Nov 1983

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 274, Nov. 15, 1983, p. L99-L103.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

72

Astronomical Spectroscopy, Diatomic Molecules, Iras-Araki-Alcock Comet, Sulfur, Ultraviolet Astronomy, Abundance, Emission Spectra, Molecular Spectra

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Ultraviolet spectra of comet IRAS-Araki-Alcock 1983d, obtained with the International Ultraviolet Explorer spacecraft when the comet was only 0.032 AU from earth, show strong emission bands due to S2, the first detection of this species in an astronomical object. The spatial profiles imply that the S2 is released directly from the nucleus and has a lifetime of the order of 450 s. The derived production rate of S2 was 2 x 10 to the 25th per s. It is suggested that the S2 can be formed by cosmic-ray irradiation of other sulfurous compounds in the ices and that it need not be primordial. It has been also determined that the scale length of the parent of CS (presumably CS2) is 300 km and that the CS production is approximately equal to that of S2, both near 5 x 10 to the -4th that of OH and comparable to that of other trace species observed in comets.

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