Revised fluorescence efficiencies of cometary NH2: Ammonia abundance in comets

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 572, Issue 2 II, 2002, Pages

  Kawakita, Hideyo ^a   Watanabe, Jun Ichi ^b  

^a Gunma Astronomical Observatory   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comets: general; Comets: individual (21P Giacobini Zinner, Hale Bopp 1995 O1, 1P Halley, Hyakutake (C 1996 B2)); Molecular processes; Solar system: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000402054     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/341746     Document Type: Article

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