Physics of comets [[electronic resource] /] / K.S. Krishna Swamy
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| Autore: |
Krishna Swamy K. S
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| Titolo: |
Physics of comets [[electronic resource] /] / K.S. Krishna Swamy
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| Pubblicazione: | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010 |
| Edizione: | 3rd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (500 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 523.6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Comets |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Physics of comets |
| ISBN: | 1-283-14403-4 |
| 9786613144034 | |
| 981-4291-12-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910788571303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
World Scientific series in astronomy and astrophysics ; ; v. 12.