Publications by ISSI team on MBCs
The major output of the team is a review paper on water in MBCs, which covers survival of water (thermal models), attempts at observation, and assessment of likely production rates and possible techniques to try and observe out-gassing directly in the future. It is available here (open access):
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The Main Belt Comets and ice in the Solar System
Snodgrass et al. 2017, Astron Astrophys Rev 25, 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00159-017-0104-7.
Others incorporating work / discussions by the ISSI team:
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X-shooter search for outgassing from main belt comet P/2012 T1 (Pan-STARRS)
Snodgrass, Yang & Fitzsimmons 2017, A&A 605, A56. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731085. -
The Reactivation and Nucleus Characterization of Main-Belt Comet 358P/PANSTARRS (P/2012 T1)
Hsieh, Ishiguro, Knight, et al. 2018. AJ 156, 39. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aac81c
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Search for Dust Emission from (24) Themis Using the Gemini-North Telescope
Hsieh, Kim, Fitzsimmons & Sykes 2018. PASP 130, pp.084402,
https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/aaca8b