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Detection of OH Maser Emission from Cornet Giacobini-Zinner

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

R. P. Norris ,
J. R. Forster  and
R. A. Duncan
R. P. Norris
Affiliation:
Division of Radiophysics, CSIRO, Sydney
J. R. Forster
Affiliation:
Division of Radiophysics, CSIRO, Sydney
R. A. Duncan
Affiliation:
Division of Radiophysics, CSIRO, Sydney
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Abstract

We have detected OH maser radiation from the comet Giacobini-Zinner using the Parkes radio telescope. The emission was detected in two transitions of the ground state of OH, at an intensity consistent with the predicted OH molecular production rate. We also searched unsuccessfully for OH emission from comet Halley, from which we are able to place a significant upper limit on the intensity of OH emission.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , 1985 , pp. 180 - 181
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1985

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