A&A 416, 187-190 (2004)
The heat capacity of water ice in interstellar or interplanetary conditions
Isaac Newton Institute Kiev Branch, Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (MAO NASU), Golosiiv, 03680, Kyiv-22, Ukraine
Corresponding author: shulman@mao.kiev.ua
Received:
12
November
2002
Accepted:
24
November
2003
Three empirical equations are proposed to describe the existing
experimental data on the heat capacity of water ice for 
. This may be important for the rate
of non-stationary thermal processes at very low temperatures in cometary
nuclei or cosmogonical scenarios.
Key words: ISM: molecules / comets: general / stars: formation
© ESO, 2004