Free Access

Table 3

Detected species in the coma of comet C/2016 R2.

Species Detected bands Respective band/line wavelengths
CO+ (6,0), (7,1), (5,0), (4,0), (3,0), (2,0), (4,2), (1,0), (2,1), (3,2), (0,0), (1,1), (0,1), (1,2), (0,2) A2Π−X2Σ bands 341, 351, 359, 378, 400, 425, 452, 454, 468, 484, 490, 504, 547, 567, and 619 nm
(0,0), (1,1), (0,1) bands and a few matching lines for the (0,2) band 391, 389, 428, and 471 nm
(0,0,0) , (0,0,0)
the (0,0,0) , and the (0,0,0) bands 351, 350, 366, and 366 nm
CH+ Tentative detection of the (0,0) A1Π−X1Σ+ band 423 nm
CH (0,0) A2Δ−X2Π band and tentative detection of the (0,0) B2ΣX2Π band 431 and 389 nm
CN (0,0),(1,0) B2Σ+X2Σ+ bands and tentative detection of the (1,1) band 388, 422, and 388 nm
C2 (0,0) d3ΠgA3Πu band bandhead (Swan System) 517 nm
C3 (0,0,0)–(0,0,0) and (0,2,0)–(0,0,0) bands and tentative detection of the (0,0,0)–(0,2,0) band 405, 392, and 407 nm
[OI] Three forbidden oxygen lines 557.7339, 630.0304, and 636.3776 nm
[NI] Two forbidden nitrogen lines 519.7900 and 520.0256 nm
[CI] Three forbidden carbon lines 872.712, 982.411, and 985.024 nm

Notes. OH, OH +, H2 O+, and NH2 are not detected.

Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.

Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.

Initial download of the metrics may take a while.