DocumentCode
3207347
Title
Molecular excitation and radiative transfer model for MIRO
Author
Von Allmen, Paul ; Lee, Seungwon ; Kamp, Lucas ; Gulkis, Samuel
Author_Institution
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
fYear
2009
fDate
7-14 March 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
5
Abstract
We have implemented and validated a model for the radiative transfer in molecular clouds and studied the water emission line for Comet 67 P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Results are reported that show that the spectral profiles for water emission lines depend on the physical properties of the coma. This tool will be used to interpret observations by MIRO and will help build hydrodynamics models of comets.
Keywords
astronomical spectra; astronomy computing; astrophysical fluid dynamics; comets; hydrodynamics; interstellar molecular clouds; radiative transfer; water; Churyumov-Gerasimenko; Comet 67P; MIRO; comet hydrodynamics models; molecular clouds; molecular excitation; radiative transfer model; water emission line; Absorption; Electron optics; Equations; Frequency; Kinetic theory; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Propulsion; Stimulated emission; Temperature distribution;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Aerospace conference, 2009 IEEE
Conference_Location
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2621-8
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-2622-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/AERO.2009.4839628
Filename
4839628
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