Chemical Processes in Cometary Comae

(2) SMTO-Steward Observatory; (3) Leiden Observatory); H. M. Butner (2); P. Ehrenfreund (3) ((1) NASA Ames Research Center; S. B. Charnley (1); S. D. Rodgers (1)

arxiv: astro-ph/0204381 · v1 · pith:EHFSAISOnew · submitted 2002-04-23 · 🌌 astro-ph

Chemical Processes in Cometary Comae

S. B. Charnley (1) , S. D. Rodgers (1) , H. M. Butner (2) , P. Ehrenfreund (3) ((1) NASA Ames Research Center , (2) SMTO-Steward Observatory , (3) Leiden Observatory) This is my paper

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Recent developments in the chemical modelling of cometary comae are described. We discuss the cyanide chemistry and present new HCN observations of the recent comet C/2002 C1 (Ikeya-Zhang). The connection between interstellar and cometary organic molecules is discussed from the perspective of recent theories of interstellar gas-grain chemistry.

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