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Jun 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002em%26p...90...77m&link_type=abstract
Earth, Moon, and Planets, v. 90, Issue 1, p. 77-87 (2002).
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Carbon Monoxide, C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) Comets, Dissociative Recombination, Electron Collisional Excitation, Hydrogen Balmer-Α Coma, Hydroxyl Radical Photodissociation, Metastable Oxygen Coma, Water Photochemistry, Water Production Rate, C/1995 O1 (Hale–Bopp) Comets
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The University of Wisconsin-Madison and NASA-Goddard conducted acomprehensive multi-wavelength observing campaign of coma emissionsfrom comet Hale-Bopp, including OH 3080 Å, [O I] 6300 Å H2O+ 6158 Å, H Balmer-α 6563 Å, NH2 6330 Å, [C I] 9850 ÅCN 3879 Å, C2 5141 Å, C3 4062 Å,C I 1657 Å, and the UV and optical continua. In thiswork, we concentrate on the results of the H2O daughter studies.Our wide-field OH 3080 Å measured flux agrees with other, similarobservations and the expected value calculated from published waterproduction rates using standard H2O and OH photochemistry.However, the total [O I] 6300 Å flux determined spectroscopically overa similar field-of-view was a factor of 3-4 higher than expected.Narrow-band [O I] images show this excess came from beyond theH2O scale length, suggesting either a previously unknown source of[O I] or an error in the standard OH + ν→ O(1 D) + H branching ratio. The Hale-Bopp OH and[O I] distributions, both of which were imaged tocometocentric distances >1 × 106 km, were more spatiallyextended than those of comet Halley (after correcting for brightnessdifferences), suggesting a higher bulk outflow velocity. Evidence ofthe driving mechanism for this outflow is found in the Hα lineprofile, which was narrower than in comet Halley (though likelybecause of opacity effects, not as narrow as predicted by Monte-Carlomodels). This is consistent with greater collisional coupling betweenthe suprathermal H photodissociation products and Hale-Bopp's densecoma. Presumably because of mass loading of the solar wind by ionsand ions by the neutrals, the measured acceleration of H2O+ downthe ion tail was much smaller than in comet Halley. Tailwardextensions in the azimuthal distributions of OH 3080 Å,[O I], and [C I] , as well as a Doppler asymmetry in the[O I] line profile, suggest ion-neutral coupling. While thetailward extension in the OH can be explained by increased neutralacceleration, the [O I] 6300 Å and [C I] 9850 Å emissions show 13%and >200% excesses in this direction (respectively), suggesting anon-negligible contribution from dissociative recombination of CO+and/or electron collisional excitation. Thus, models including theeffects of photo- and collisional chemistry are necessary for the fullinterpretation of these data.
Anderson Christopher M.
Doane Nathaniel E.
Harris Walter M.
Morgenthaler Jeffrey P.
Oliversen Ronald James
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