Using photochemistry to explain the formation and observation of C2 in comets

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 721-730

  Sorkhabi, Osman ^a   Blunt, Victor M ^a   Lin, Hua ^a   A'Hearn, Michael F ^b   Weaver, Harold A ^c   Arpigny, Claude ^d   Jackson, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Applied Research Corporation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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EID: 0000547363     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(97)00077-9     Document Type: Article

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