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Contents
Collaborating Authors xi
Scientific Organizing Committee and Acknowledgment of Reviewers xii
Foreword xiii
Preface xv
PART I: A GLOBAL VIEW ON COMETARY SCIENCE
A Brief Conceptual History of Cometary Science
M. C. Festou, H. U. Keller, and H. A. Weaver 3
Overview of Cometary Science
M. F. A'Hearn 17
PART II: FROM THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM TO THE SOLAR NEBULA
The Cycle of Matter in Our Galaxy: From Clouds to Comets
W. M. Irvine and J. I. Lunine 25
Composition and Evolution of Interstellar Clouds
D. H. Wooden, S. B. Charnley, and P. Ehrenfreund 33
From Molecular Clouds to Circumstellar Disks
A. P. Boss 67
The Observation of Circumstellar Disks: Dust and Gas Components
A. Dutrey, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, and J.-C. Augereau 81
From Icy Grains to Comets
S. J. Weidenschilling 97
Coupled Physical and Chemical Evolution of Volatiles in the Protoplanetary Disk:
A Tale of Three Elements
J. I. Lunine and D. Gautier 105
From Interstellar Material to Comet Particles and Molecules
P. Ehrenfreund, S. B. Charnley, and D. Wooden 115
PART III: NATURE AND EVOLUTION OF COMETARY ORBITS
Cometary Orbit Determination and Nongravitational Forces
D. K. Yeomans, P. W. Chodas, G. Sitarski, S. Szutowicz, and M. Królikowska
137
Oort Cloud Formation and Dynamics
L. Dones, P. R. Weissman, H. F. Levison, and M. J. Duncan 153
The Kuiper Belt and the Primordial Evolution of the Solar System
A. Morbidelli and M. E. Brown 175
Dynamical Evolution of Ecliptic Comets
M. Duncan, H. Levison, and L. Dones 193
Current Questions in Cometary Dynamics
H. Rickman 205
PART IV: THE NUCLEUS
In Situ Observations of Cometary Nuclei
H. U. Keller, D. Britt, B. J. Buratti, and N. Thomas 211
The Sizes, Shapes, Albedos, and Colors of Cometary Nuclei
P. L. Lamy, I. Toth, Y. R. Fernandez, and H. A. Weaver 223
Radar Studies of Comet Nuclei and Grain Comae
J. K. Harmon, M. C. Nolan, S. J. Ostro, and D. B. Campbell 265
Rotation of Cometary Nuclei
N. H. Samarasinha, B. E. A. Mueller, M. J. S. Belton, and L. Jorda 281
Split Comets
H. Boehnhardt 301
Physical and Chemical Evolution of Cometary Nuclei
K. J. Meech and J. Svoren 317
Structure and Density of Cometary Nuclei
P. R. Weissman, E. Asphaug, and S. C. Lowry 337
Modeling the Structure and Activity of Comet Nuclei
D. Prialnik, J. Benkhoff, and M. Podolak 359
PART V: THE GAS COMA
The Composition of Cometary Volatiles
D. Bockelée-Morvan, J. Crovisier, M. J. Mumma, and H. A. Weaver 391
Spectroscopic Investigations of Fragment Species in the Coma
P. D. Feldman, A. L. Cochran, and M. R. Combi 425
Photometry and Imaging of the Coma with Narrowband Filters
D. G. Schleicher and T. L. Farnham 449
Nucleus-Coma Structural Relationships: Lessons from Physical Models
J. F. Crifo, M. Fulle, N. I. Kömle, and K. Szego 471
Physical Processes and Chemical Reactions in Cometary Comae
S. D. Rodgers, S. B. Charnley, W. F. Huebner, and D. C. Boice 505
Gas Dynamics and Kinetics in the Cometary Coma: Theory and Observations
M. R. Combi, W. M. Harris, and W. H. Smyth 523
PART VI: DUST AND PLASMA
Composition and Mineralogy of Cometary Dust
M. S. Hanner and J. P. Bradley 555
Motion of Cometary Dust
M. Fulle 565
Physical Properties of Cometary Dust from Light Scattering and Thermal Emission
L. Kolokolova, M. S. Hanner, A.-Ch. Levasseur-Regourd, and
B. Å. S. Gustafson 577
Global Solar Wind Interaction and Ionospheric Dynamics
W.-H. Ip 605
X-Ray and Extreme Ultraviolet Emission from Comets
C. M. Lisse, T. E. Cravens, and K. Dennerl 631
PART VII: INTERRELATIONS
Surface Characteristics of Transneptunian Objects and Centaurs from Photometry and
Spectroscopy
M. A. Barucci, A. Doressoundiram, and D. P. Cruikshank 647
From Cradle to Grave: The Rise and Demise of the Comets
D. C. Jewitt 659
The Interplanetary Dust Complex and Comets
M. V. Sykes, E. Grün, W. T. Reach, and P. Jenniskens 677
Laboratory Experiments on Cometary Materials
L. Colangeli, J. R. Brucato, A. Bar-Nun, R. L. Hudson, and M. H. Moore 695
Glossary xxxx
Color Section following page xxxx
Index xxxx
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