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对C/2013 R1(洛夫乔伊)和C/2014 Q2(洛夫乔伊)彗星的HCN观测

HCN observations of comets C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) and C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

E. S. Wirström, M. S. Lerner, P. Källström, A. Levinsson, A. Olivefors, E. Tegehall

摘要:

2013年12月22日,长周期彗星C/2013 R1(Lovejoy)的HCN J=1-0发射在其近日点通过之前的一个月内多次被Onsala空间天文台观测到。我们报告了七个不同日期的探测结果,跨越日心距离(R_h)从0.94到0.82 au。估计的HCN生成率通常高于以前报道的同一时期的HCN生成率,但生成率随日心距离的增加(Q_{HCN}与R_h^{-3.2}成比例),很好地代表了自R_h=1.35时首次观测到生成率以来的总体记录增加。R1 Lovejoy中相对于水的隐含平均HCN丰度为0.2%。我们还报告了2015年1月14日在Onsala空间天文台使用新的3 mm接收器系统在彗星C/2014 Q2(Lovejoy)中检测HCN,当时其日心距离为1.3 au。相对于彗星C/2013 R1(Lovejoy),在相似的日心距离下,C/2014 Q2(Lovejoy)的HCN产生率高出5倍多,相对于水的隐含HCN丰度为0.09%。

英文摘要:

HCN J=1-0 emission from the long-period comet C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) was observed from the Onsala Space Observatory on multiple occasions during the month before its perihelion passage on December 22, 2013. We report detections for seven different dates, spanning heliocentric distances (R_h) decreasing from 0.94 to 0.82 au. Estimated HCN production rates are generally higher than previously reported for the same time period, but the implied increase in production rate with heliocentric distance, Q_{HCN} proportionate to R_h^{-3.2}, represent well the overall documented increase since it was first observed at R_h=1.35. The implied mean HCN abundance relative to water in R1 Lovejoy is 0.2%. We also report on a detection of HCN with the new 3 mm receiver system at Onsala Space Observatory in comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) on January 14, 2015, when its heliocentric distance was 1.3 au. Relative to comet C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy), the HCN production rate of C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) was more than 5 times higher at similar heliocentric distances, and the implied HCN abundance relative to water 0.09%.

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