ORTHO-TO-PARA ABUNDANCE RATIO (OPR) OF AMMONIA IN 15 COMETS: OPRs OF AMMONIA VERSUS 14N/15N RATIOS IN CN
ORTHO-TO-PARA ABUNDANCE RATIO (OPR) OF AMMONIA IN 15 COMETS: OPRs OF AMMONIA VERSUS 14N/15N RATIOS IN CN
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15 颗彗星中氨的正对位丰度比 (OPR)：氨的 OPR 与 CN 中的 14N/15N 比率
DOI：
10.1088/0004-637x/729/2/81
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发表时间：
2011
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通讯作者：
C. Arpigny
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作者：
Y. Shinnaka;H. Kawakita;H. Kobayashi;E. Jehin;J. Manfroid;D. Hutsemékers;C. Arpigny
The ortho-to-para abundance ratio (OPR) of cometary molecules is considered to be one of the primordial characteristics of cometary ices. We present OPRs of ammonia (NH3) in 15 comets based on optical high-dispersion spectroscopic observations of NH2, which is a photodissociation product of ammonia in the gaseous coma. The observations were mainly carried out with the VLT/UVES. The OPR of ammonia is estimated from the OPR of NH2 based on the observations of the NH2 (0, 9, 0) vibronic band. The absorption lines by the telluric atmosphere are corrected and the cometary C2 emission lines blended with NH2 lines are removed in our analysis. The ammonia OPRs show a cluster between 1.1 and 1.2 (this corresponds to a nuclear spin temperature of ∼30 K) for all comets in our sample except for 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 (73P/SW3). Comet 73P/SW3 (both B- and C-fragments) shows the OPR of ammonia consistent with nuclear spin statistical weight ratio (1.0) that indicates a high-temperature limit as nuclear spin temperature. We compared the ammonia OPRs with other properties (14N/15N ratios in CN, D/H ratios of water, and mixing ratios of volatiles). Comet 73P/SW3 is clearly different from the other comets in the plot of ammonia OPRs versus 14N/15N ratios in CN. The ammonia OPRs of 1.0 and lower 15N-fractionation of CN in comet 73P/SW3 imply that icy materials in this comet formed under warmer conditions than other comets. Comets may be classified into two groups in the plot of ammonia OPRs against 14N/15N ratios in CN.
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