An search for X-ray emission from comet Bradfield (1979l) |
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Authors: | H.S. Hudson W.-H. Ip D.A. Mendis |
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Affiliation: | 1. Center for Astrophysics and Space Science University of California, San Diego La Jolla, California, U.S.A. 92093;2. Max-Planck-Institut fur Aeronomie D-3411 Katlenberg — Lindau 3 Federal Republic of Germany |
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Abstract: | X-radiation may result from active plasma phenomena in the interactions of comets with the solar wind. We have carried out a limited but sensitive search for soft X-radiation from Comet Bradfield (1979), on 1980 Feb. 5. No X-radiation was detected at a level (3σ) of 1.7 × 10?13 erg(cm2sec keV)?1 in the 0.2 – 4.0 kev range. This corresponds to a limit on the power dissipated in the comet by non-thermal electrons of approximately 1019 ergs sec?1, averaged over the 2568-sec exposure to the comet. This energy deposition is near the magnitude suggested by simple theoretical ideas, and further searches of appropriate comets both in soft X-radiation and at radio wavelengths seem warranted. |
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