Historical Papers

  • Observations of pulsars at 4850 MHz.
    Crovisier, J.
    1973, Astrophys. Letters, 13, 221–223. Paper.

  • Contribution à l'étude du milieu interstellaire par l'observation de la raie en absorption à 21 cm de longueur d'onde de l'hydrogène neutre.
    Crovisier, J.
    1978, Thèse d'État, Université Paris VII.

    A selection of pre-1995 papers on cometary science.


  • OH observations of comet Kohoutek (1973f) at 18 cm wavelength.
    Biraud, F., Bourgois, G., Crovisier, J., Fillit, R., Gérard, E., Kazès, I.
    1974, Astron. Astrophys. 34, 163-166. Paper.

  • Radio observations of comet Bradfield 1978c.
    Despois, D., Gérard, E., Crovisier, J., Kazès, I.
    1978, The Messenger, 13, 8–10. Paper.

  • The OH radical in comets: observation and interpretation of the 18 cm wavelength radio spectrum.
    Despois, D., Gérard, E., Crovisier, J., Kazès, I.
    1979, presented at IAU XVIIth General Assembly, Commision 15, Montreal, Canada, August 1979 (unpublished). Paper.

  • The OH radical in comets: observations and analysis of the hyperfine microwave transitions at 1667 MHz and 1665 MHz.
    Despois, D., Gérard, E., Crovisier, J., Kazès, I.
    1981, Astron. Astrophys. 99, 320-340. Paper.

  • Infrared fluorescence of molecules in comets: the general synthetic spectrum.
    Crovisier, J., Encrenaz, T.
    1983, Astron. Astrophys. 126, 170-182. Paper.

  • The water molecule in comets: fluorescence mechanisms and thermodynamics of the inner coma.
    Crovisier, J.
    1984, Astron. Astrophys. 130, 361-372. Paper. 135, 97 Erratum.

  • Theoretical aspects of cometary radio line excitation: OH, H2O and others.
    Crovisier, J.
    1984, in Observations of comets: radio and otherwise, Bonn, RFA, 4 june 1984, Max-Planck Institut für Radioastronomie Tech. Bericht. No 64, M.K. Bird edt., 45–51. Paper.

  • Possible parents for the cometary CN radical: photochemistry and excitation conditions.
    Bockelée-Morvan, D., Crovisier, J.
    1985, Astron. Astrophys. 151, 90-100. Paper.

  • Observations of hydrogen cyanide in comet Halley.
    Despois, D., Crovisier, J., Bockelée-Morvan, D., Schraml, J., Forveille, T., Gérard, E.
    1986, Astron. Astrophys. 160, L11-L12. Paper.

  • Infrared sounding of comet Halley from Vega 1.
    M. Combes, V.I. Moroz, J.F. Crifo, J. M. Lamarre, J. Charra, N.F. Sanko, A. Soufflot, J. P. Bibring, S. Cazes, N. Coron, J. Crovisier, C. Emerichà, T. Encrenaz, R. Gispert, A. V. Grigorye, G. Guyot, V.A. Krasnopolsy, Yu.V. Nikolsky, F. Rocard.
    1986, Nature, 321, 266–268. Paper.

  • Rotational and vibrational synthetic spectra of linear parent molecules in comets.
    Crovisier, J.
    1987, Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Series 68, 223-258. Paper.

  • Molecular observations of comets P/Giacobini-Zinner 1984e and P/Halley 1982i at millimetre wavelengths.
    Bockelée-Morvan, D., Crovisier, J., Despois, D., Forveille, T., Gérard, E., Schraml, J., Thum,ÊC.
    1987, Astron. Astrophys. 180, 253-262. Paper.

  • The 2.5 to 12 micrometres spectrum of comet Halley from the IKS-VEGA experiment.
    Combes, M., Moroz, V.I., Crovisier, J., Encrenaz, T., Bibring, J.P., Grigoriev, A.V., Sanko, N.F., Coron, N., Crifo, J.F., Gispert, R., Bockelée-Morvan, D., Nikolsky, Yu.V., Krasnopolsky, V.A., Owen, T., Emerich, C., Lamarre, J.M., Rocard, F.
    1988, Icarus 76, 404-436. Paper.

  • The photodissociation of water in cometary atmospheres.
    Crovisier, J.
    1989, Astron. Astrophys. 213, 459-464. Paper.

  • Retrieving the coma gas expansion velocity in P/Halley, Wilson (1987 VII) and several other comets from the 18-cm OH line shapes.
    Bockelée-Morvan, D., Crovisier, J., Gérard, E.
    1990, Astron. Astrophys. 238, 382-400. Paper.

  • Microwave detection of hydrogen sulfide and methanol in comet Austin (1989c1).
    Bockelée-Morvan, D., Colom, P., Crovisier, J., Despois, D., Paubert, G.
    1991, Nature 350, 318-320. Paper.

  • Microwave observations of hydrogen sulfide and searches for other sulfur compounds in comets Austin (1989c1) and Levy (1990c).
    Crovisier, J., Despois, D., Bockelée-Morvan, D., Colom, P., Paubert, G.
    1991, Icarus 93, 246-258. Paper.

  • Formaldehyde in comets: I. Microwave observations of P/Brorsen-Metcalf (1989 X), Austin (1990 V) and Levy (1990 XX).
    Colom, P., Crovisier, J., Bockelée-Morvan, D., Despois, D., Paubert, G.
    1992, Astron. Astrophys. 264, 270-281. Paper.

  • Formaldehyde in comets: II. Excitation of the rotational lines.
    Bockelée-Morvan, D., Crovisier, J.
    1992, Astron. Astrophys. 264, 282-291. Paper.

  • The correlation between water production rates and visual magnitudes in comets.
    Jorda, L., Crovisier, J., Green, D.W.E.
    1992, Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1991, edts A.W. Harris and E. Bowell, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, p. 285-288. Paper.

  • Models for the atmospheres of distant comets: application to the detectability of carbon monoxide.
    Crovisier, J.
    1993, Workshop on the Activity of Distant Comets, edts W.F. Huebner, H.U. Keller, D. Jewitt, J. Klinger and R. West, Southwest Research Institute, p. 153-160. Paper.

  • The formation and composition of the atmosphere of small solar system bodies.
    Bockelée-Morvan, D., Crovisier, J.
    30th Liège International Astrophysical Colloquium, Liège, Belgium, 24-26 June, 1992.
    1992, Observations and Physical Properties of Small Solar System Bodies, A. Brahic, J.-C. Gérard, J. Surdej (edts), p. 65-82. Paper.

  • A search for parent molecules at millimetre wavelengths in comets Austin 1990 V and Levy 1990 XX: upper limits for undetected species.
    Crovisier, J., Bockelée-Morvan, D., Colom, P., Despois, D., Paubert, G.
    1993, Astron. Astrophys. 269, 527-540. Paper.

  • The rotational lines of methanol in comets Austin 1990 V and Levy 1990 XX.
    Bockelée-Morvan, D., Crovisier, J., Colom, P., Despois, D.
    1994, Astron. Astrophys. 287, 647-665. Paper.

  • Observations of submillimetre lines of CH3OH, HCN, and H2CO in comet P/Swift-Tuttle with the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope.
    Bockelée-Morvan, D., Padman, R., Davies, J.K., Crovisier, J.
    1994, Planet. Space Sci. 42, 655-662. Paper.


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