Ortho-to-para ratios of water and ammonia in comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT): Comparison of nuclear spin temperatures of water, ammonia, and methane

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 643, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 1337-1344

  Kawakita, Hideyo ^a   Dello Russo, Neil ^b   Furusho, Reiko ^c   Fuse, Tetsuharu ^d   Watanabe, Jun Ichi ^d   Boice, D C ^e   Sadakane, Kozo ^f   Arimoto, Nobuo ^d   Uhkubo, Michiko ^g   Ohnishi, Takashi ^h  

^a KYOTO SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^e SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h Nagoya Science Museum   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrochemistry; Comets: general; Comets: individual (NEAT (C 2001 Q4)); Infrared: solar system

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746900068     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503185     Document Type: Article

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