Synthetic profile analysis of the observed (0,0) Swan band of Comet Halley

Journal Article · Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · Astrophysical Journal; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/170046· OSTI ID:5392250

Krishna swamy, K S ^[1]

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1. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay (India)

The time-dependent rotational population distribution for the (0,0) band of the Swan system was carried out. These population distributions are used to calculate the synthetic spectra over the wavelength region 5165-5132 A for comparing with the excellent spectra of Lambert et al. (1990) for Comet Halley. The synthetic spectra for the rotational population distribution corresponding to a time interval of about 8000 sec gives a good fit to the observed spectra over the whole special region. This seems to indicate that the level population does not appear to have reached the steady state values. 16 refs.

• OSTI ID: 5392250
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal; (United States), Vol. 373; ISSN 0004-637X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
HALLEY COMET
SPECTRA
CALCULATION METHODS
CARBON
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
TIME DEPENDENCE
COMETS
ELEMENTS
NONMETALS
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