Cometary Charge Exchange Diagnostics in UV and X-ray
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
2012-04-03 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Atomic Physics
Abstract
Since the initial discovery of cometary charge exchange emission, more than 20 comets have been observed with a variety of X-ray and UV observatories. This observational sample offers a broad variety of comets, solar wind environments and observational conditions. It clearly demonstrates that solar wind charge exchange emission provides a wealth of diagnostics, which are visible as spatial, temporal, and spectral emission features. We review the possibilities and limitations of each of those in this contribution.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1204.0410,
title = {Cometary Charge Exchange Diagnostics in UV and X-ray},
author = {D. Bodewits and D. J. Christian and J. A. Carter and K. Dennerl and I. Ewing and R. Hoekstra and S. T. Lepri and C. M. Lisse and S. J. Wolk},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.0410},
year = {2012}
}