Highly excited H2 in Comets

DOI

Rotationally resolved molecular hydrogen transitions originating from excitation of highly excited rovibrational levels of the X^1^{SIGMA}^+^g state have been systematically identified for the first time in the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) observation of comets C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) and C/2001 A2 (LINEAR). Spectral assignments for the observed lines of H_2_ and other atomic and molecular species are given. All observed H_2_ transitions belong to the Lyman (B^1^{SIGMA}^+^u-X^1^{sigma}^+^g) and Werner (C^1^{PI}u-X^1^{SIGMA}^+^g) band systems. Resonant excitation of H_2_ by Ly{beta} and other solar lines is very limited.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.21690458
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/169/458
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Provenance
Creator Liu X.; Shemansky D.E.; Hallett J.T.; Weaver H.A.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2009
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Solar System Astronomy