02657nam 2200589 a 450 991078857130332120230725045521.01-283-14403-49786613144034981-4291-12-9(CKB)3360000000001341(EBL)731337(OCoLC)714877615(SSID)ssj0000524833(PQKBManifestationID)12223090(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524833(PQKBWorkID)10486983(PQKB)11074305(MiAaPQ)EBC731337(WSP)00007537(Au-PeEL)EBL731337(CaPaEBR)ebr10480136(CaONFJC)MIL314403(EXLCZ)99336000000000134120110322d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPhysics of comets[electronic resource] /K.S. Krishna Swamy3rd ed.Singapore ;Hackensack, N.J. World Scientificc20101 online resource (500 p.)World Scientific series in astronomy and astrophysics ;v. 12Description based upon print version of record.981-4291-11-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThis 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 indicatinWorld Scientific series in astronomy and astrophysics ;v. 12.CometsComets.523.6Krishna Swamy K. S1515841MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788571303321Physics of comets3751856UNINA