System Upgrade on Tue, May 28th, 2024 at 2am (EDT)
Existing users will be able to log into the site and access content. However, E-commerce and registration of new users may not be available for up to 12 hours.For online purchase, please visit us again. Contact us at customercare@wspc.com for any enquiries.
This revised edition places a unique emphasis on all the new results from ground-based, satellites and space missions — detection of molecule H2 and prompt emission lines of OH for the first time; discovery of X-rays in comets; observed diversity in chemical composition among comets; the puzzle of the constancy of spin temperature; the well-established mineralogy of cometary dust; extensive theoretical modeling carried out for understanding the observed effects; the similarity in the mineralogy of dust in circumstellar shell of stars, comets, meteorites, asteroids and IDPs, thus indicating the generic relationship between them.
Sample Chapter(s)
Foreword (144 KB)
Chapter 1: General Introduction (2,078 KB)
Contents:
- General Introduction
- Dynamics
- Physical Aspects
- Spectra
- Spectra of Coma
- Gas-Production Rates in Coma
- Dust Tails
- Light Scattering Theory
- The Nature of Dust Particles
- Ion Tails
- Nucleus
- Origin
- Relation to Other Solar System Studies
- Problems and Prospects
Readership: Advanced undergraduates and researchers in physics and chemistry, and astronomers.
