High spectral resolution Fabry-Perot interferometer measurements of comet Halley at H-alpha and 6300 A
dc.contributor.author | Kerr, R. B. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Cageao, R. P. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Atreya, Sushil K. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Donahue, Thomas M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Tepley, C. A. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-04-07T19:14:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-04-07T19:14:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1985 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Kerr, R. B., Cageao, R. P., Atreya, S. K., Donahue, T. M., Tepley, C. A. (1985)."High spectral resolution Fabry-Perot interferometer measurements of comet Halley at H-alpha and 6300 A." Advances in Space Research 5(12): 283-287. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/25881> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V3S-472BCSB-D5/2/01eba2f083c545d485b1504aa5ce12b5 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/25881 | |
dc.description.abstract | A 40.6 cm Newtonian telescope has been interfaced to the Fabry-Perot interferometer at the Arecibo Observatory to make high spectral resolution measurements of Comet Halley emissions at 6562.72 A (H-alpha) and 6300.3 A (OI). In March 1986 the H-alpha surface brightness for a 5'.9 field of view centered on the comet nucleus decreased from 39+/-7.8 rayleighs on 12 March to 16+/-3.8 rayleighs on 23 March. The atomic hydrogen production rate on 12 March 1986 was 1.62+/-0.5 x 1030 s-1, and on 23 March 1986 it was 6.76+/-2.3 x 1029 s-1. Using spectral resolution of 0.196 A, we found the atomic hydrogen outflow velocity to be approximately 7.9+/-1.0 km s-1. In general, the H-alpha spectra are highly structured, and indicative of a multiple component atomic hydrogen velocity distribution. An isotropic outflow of atomic hydrogen at various velocities is not adequate to explain the spectra measured at H-alpha. The 6300.3 A emission of O(1D) had a surface brightness of 81+/-16 rayleighs on 15 March 1986, and 95+/-11 rayleighs on 17 March 1986. After adjustment for atmospheric extinction, the implied O(1D) production rate on 15 March is 6.44+/-3.0 x 1028 s-1, and the production rate on 17 March is 5.66+/-2.7 x 1028 s-1. These spectra included a feature at 6300.8 A that we attribute to NH2. The brightness of this emission feature was 37+/-11 rayleighs on 15 March. | en_US |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.title | High spectral resolution Fabry-Perot interferometer measurements of comet Halley at H-alpha and 6300 A | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Aerospace Engineering | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Engineering | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Arecibo Observatory, Cornell University, P.O. Box 995, Arecibo, PR 00613, USA | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/25881/1/0000444.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0273-1177(85)90098-5 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Advances in Space Research | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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