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Cometary Coma Chemistry

Cometary Coma Chemistry is a scientific framework that characterizes the chemical composition, reaction networks, and dynamic processes occurring within the gaseous envelope surrounding a comet's nucleus, distinguishing it from other regions of cometary and circumstellar chemistry through its focus on sublimation-driven species and their photochemical evolution in the near-nucleus environment.

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Prebiotic chemicals—amino acid and phosphorus—in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

K. Altwegg, H. Balsiger, A. Bar‐Nun et al. · Science Advances · 2016 · 559 citations · Full text

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Inventory of the volatiles on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from Rosetta/ROSINA

L. Le Roy, K. Altwegg, H. Balsiger et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2015 · 366 citations · Full text

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Abundant molecular oxygen in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

A. Bieler, K. Altwegg, H. Balsiger et al. · Nature · 2015 · 304 citations · Full text

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Time variability and heterogeneity in the coma of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

M. Hässig, K. Altwegg, H. Balsiger et al. · Science · 2015 · 261 citations

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A survey of bimolecular ion-molecule reactions for use in modeling the chemistry of planetary atmospheres, cometary comae, and interstellar clouds

V. G. Anicich, Jr. Huntress W. T. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 1986 · 249 citations

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Authors

512

  1. HB
    H. Balsiger

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    21 publications · 2.9K citations

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  2. SA
    S. A. Fuselier

    Southwest Research Institute, United States

    20 publications · 2.5K citations

    18

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  3. JD
    Johan De Keyser

    Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Belgium

    19 publications · 2.5K citations

    17

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  4. MR
    M. R. Combi

    University of Michigan, United States

    20 publications · 2.4K citations

    17

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  5. TI
    T. I. Gombosi

    University of Michigan, United States

    19 publications · 2.7K citations

    17

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Institutions

250

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    28 h-index

    122 publications

    13.2K citations

  2. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    25 h-index

    198 publications

    28.2K citations

  3. Southwest Research Institute

    San Antonio, United States

    25 h-index

    66 publications

    7.3K citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    24 h-index

    67 publications

    9.5K citations

  5. Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy

    Brussels, Belgium

    18 h-index

    43 publications

    4.9K citations

  6. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    17 h-index

    52 publications

    3.5K citations

  7. Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research

    Göttingen, Germany

    17 h-index

    49 publications

    5.1K citations

  8. Laboratoire atmosphères, milieux, observations spatiales

    Guyancourt, France

    15 h-index

    18 publications

    2.6K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 21 publications · 762 citations

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  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    17 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. Icarus

    12 publications · 565 citations

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  5. Science

    12 publications · 1.4K citations

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