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Rosetta Mission: Electron Scattering Cross Sections—Data Needs and Coverage in BEAMDB Database

Mason, Nigel J.; Jevremović, Darko; Bredehöft, Jan Hendrik +2 more

The emission of [O I] lines in the coma of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko during the Rosetta mission have been explained by electron impact dissociation of water rather than the process of photodissociation. This is the direct evidence for the role of electron induced processing has been seen on such a body. Analysis of other emission features is…