IMAGING OF H2O+ IN THE COMA OF COMET HALLEY

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COSMOVICI, CB
SCHWARZ, G
IP, WH
FINK, U
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[1] DLR,GERMAN REMOTE SENSING DATA CTR,D-82230 WESSELING,GERMANY
[2] MAX PLANCK INST AERON,D-37191 KATLENBURG DUHM,GERMANY
[3] UNIV ARIZONA,LUNAR & PLANETARY LAB,TUCSON,AZ 85721
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10.1016/0032-0633(94)00198-Z
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
Previous investigations applying the ''ring masking'' technique to CCD images obtained at the South African Observatory in the period 13-18 March 1986, led to the detection of CN, C-2, C-3 and ([OI] + NH2) jet features in the coma of comet Halley (Cosmovici et al., Nature 332, 705-709, 1988). In complement to these results we report here the detection of new features in water ion emission at 6193 Angstrom which may be used as a tracer for the time-dependent anisotropic emission profile of the water vapour from the cometary nucleus. South Africa images, as well as Catalina Observatory data with identical filters on 20 January and 7, 8 and 24 March 1986, are utilized in order to exclude instrumental errors. Because of the narrow bandwidth of the filter (6192 +/- 44 Angstrom) other significant molecular contaminations are considerably reduced. The observed peculiar H2O+ features can be explained by the stronger H2O+/dust contrast in the ion tail or by a possible mechanism of negative charging of the dust in the cometary coma.
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