Carbon Isotope Abundances in Comets

Wyckoff, S; Kleine, Marvin; Peterson, Bruce; Wehinger, P; Ziurys, L

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Carbon Isotope Abundances in Comets

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2000

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Wyckoff, S

Kleine, Marvin

Peterson, Bruce

Wehinger, P

Ziurys, L

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IOP Publishing

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Rotational lines of13C14N have been identified in high-resolution (λ/△λ ∼ 60,000) echelle spectra of the CN B2Σ+ - X2Σ+ (0-0) band in three comets. The12C/13C abundance ratios determined using a full fluorescence excitation model for comets Levy (

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Keywords: Comets: general; ISM: abundances; Solar system: formation

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/90023

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