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100 1 Krishna Swamy, K. S.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names
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245 10 Physics of comets /|cK.S. Krishna Swamy.
250 2nd ed.
264 1 Singapore ;|aRiver Edge, N.J. :|bWorld Scientific,|c[1997]
264 4 |c©1997
300 1 online resource (xiii, 380 pages) :|billustrations.
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490 1 World Scientific series in astronomy and astrophysics ;
|vv. 2
504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 1. General introduction. 1.1. Historical perspective. 1.2.
Encounter with comet Halley. 1.3. Discovery. 1.4.
Appearance. 1.5. Statistics. 1.6. Importance. 1.7.
Brightness. 1.8. Main characteristics. 1.9. An overall
view -- 2. Dynamics. 2.1. Orbital elements. 2.2. Orbit in
space -- 3. Physical aspects. 3.1. Black body radiation.
3.2. Perfect gas law. 3.3. Dissociative equilibrium. 3.4.
Doppler shift. 3.5. Spectroscopy. 3.6. Isotope effect.
3.7. Franck-Condon factors. 3.8. Intensity of emitted
lines. 3.9. Boltzmann distribution. 3.10. [symbol]-
doubling. 3.11. Solar radiation. 3.12. Solar wind -- 4.
Spectra. 4.1. Main characteristics. 4.2. Forbidden
transitions. 4.3. Line-to-continuum ratio -- 5. Spectra of
coma. 5.1. Fluorescence process. 5.2. Excitation
temperature. 5.3. Abundances of heavy elements. 5.4.
Isotopic abundances -- 6. Gas-production rates in coma.
6.1. Theoretical models. 6.2. Results. 6.3. Analysis of
hydrogen observations. 6.4. Gas-phase chemistry in the
coma. 6.5. Temperature and velocities of the coma gas.
6.6. Parent molecules. 6.7. Summary -- 7. Dust tail. 7.1.
Dynamics. 7.2. Anti-tail. 7.3. Dust features. 7.4. Icy-
halo -- 8. Light scattering theory. 8.1. Mie scattering
theory. 8.2. Approximate expressions. 8.3. Computation of
cross sections. 8.4. Results. 8.5. Particles of other
types. 8.6. Optical constants -- 9. The nature of dust
particles. 9.1. Visible continuum. 9.2. Polarization. 9.3.
Infrared measurements. 9.4. Spectral features. 9.5.
Properties derived from in situ measurements. 9.6. Albedo
of the particles. 9.7. Continuum emission in the radio
region. 9.8. Radiation-pressure effects. 9.9. Summary --
10. Ion tails. 10.1. Evidence for the solar wind. 10.2.
Dynamical aberration. 10.3. Theoretical considerations.
10.4. Instabilities and waves. 10.5. Acceleration of
cometary ions. 10.6. Large scale structures -- 11.
Nucleus. 11.1. Theory of vaporization. 11.2. Outbursts.
11.3. Albedo and radius. 11.4. Rotation. 11.5. Density.
11.6. Chemical composition. 11.7. Mass loss. 11.8.
Structure. 11.9. Non-gravitational forces -- 12. Origin.
12.1. Evidence for the oort cloud. 12.2. Evolution and
properties of oort cloud. 12.3. Origin of the oort cloud -
- 13. Relation to other solar system. 13.1. Asteroids.
13.2. Meteorites. 13.3. Meteor streams. 13.4. Particles
collected at high altitudes. 13.5. Primordial material.
13.6. Chemical evolution. 13.7. Overview -- 14. Problems
and prospects. 14.1. Epilogue. 14.2. Future studies. 14.3.
Postscript.
520 The study of Comet Halley in 1986 was a tremendous success
for cometary science. In March of that year, six
spacecrafts passed through Comet Halley as close as 600 km
from the nucleus and made the in situ measurements of
various kinds. These space missions to Comet Halley and
that of the ICE spacecraft to Comet Giacobini-Zinner
combined with studies, both ground-based and above the
atmosphere, have increased our knowledge of cometary
science in a dramatic way. This new edition of Physics of
Comets incorporates these new and exciting findings. The
emphasis of the book is on the physical processes
operating in a cometary environment. It discusses up-to-
date observations, methods and results based on the study
of various comets. The subject is developed in a
systematic manner covering various aspects of cometary
phenomena. This book may serve as a text book for students,
and as reference material for researchers.
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