Chemical Processes in Cometary Comae
arXiv:astro-ph/0204381 · doi:10.1023/A:1021534417261
Abstract
Recent developments in the chemical modelling of cometary comae are described. We discuss the cyanide chemistry and present new HCN observations of the recent comet C/2002 C1 (Ikeya-Zhang). The connection between interstellar and cometary organic molecules is discussed from the perspective of recent theories of interstellar gas-grain chemistry.
13 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Earth, Moon & Planets, April 21 2002