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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788571303321

Autore

Krishna Swamy K. S

Titolo

Physics of comets [[electronic resource] /] / K.S. Krishna Swamy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010

ISBN

1-283-14403-4

9786613144034

981-4291-12-9

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (500 p.)

Collana

World Scientific series in astronomy and astrophysics ; ; v. 12

Disciplina

523.6

Soggetti

Comets

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword; Preface; Contents; 1. General Introduction; 2. Dynamics; 3. Physical Aspects; 4. Spectra; 5. Spectra of Coma; 6. Gas Production Rates in Coma; 7. Dust Tails; 8. Light Scattering Theory; 9. The Nature of Dust Particles; 10. Ion Tails; 11. Nucleus; 12. Origin; 13. Relation to Other Solar System Studies; 14. Problems and Prospects; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This revised edition places a unique emphasis on all the new results from ground-based, satellites and space missions - detection of molecule H2 and prompt emission lines of OH for the first time; discovery of X-rays in comets; observed diversity in chemical composition among comets; the puzzle of the constancy of spin temperature; the well-established mineralogy of cometary dust; extensive theoretical modeling carried out for understanding the observed effects; and, the similarity in the mineralogy of dust in circumstellar shell of stars, comets, meteorites, asteroids and IDPs, thus indicatin