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7. Chemistry of the Inner Coma: A Progress Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

W. F. Huebner

Abstract

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The composition of the inner coma is modeled assuming that about 30 chemical species composed of H, C, and O undergo reactions. Ionization and dissociation by solar radiation and over 100 forward and reverse reactions between atoms, molecules, and ions are considered in the kinetics. Vaporization from a simple H20 - C02 nucleus provides the initial composition of the gas near the surface.

Type
Part I. Physical Nature of Comets
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 39: Comets, Asteroids, Meteorites: Interrelations, Evolution and Origins , December 1977 , pp. 57 - 59
Copyright
Copyright © A.H. Delsemme 1977

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