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The green (5577 \AA) and red-doublet (6300, 6364 \AA) lines are promptemissions of metastable oxygen atoms in the $^1$S and $^1$D states,respectively, that have been observed in several comets. The value of intensityratio of green to red-doublet (G/R ratio) of 0.1 has been used as a benchmarkto identify the parent molecule of oxygen lines as H$_2$O. A coupledchemistry-emission model is developed to study the production and lossmechanisms of O($^1$S) and O($^1$D) atoms and the generation of red and greenlines in the coma of C/1996 B2 Hyakutake.  The G/R ratio depends not only on photochemistry, but also on the projectedarea observed for cometary coma, which is a function of the dimension of theslit used and geocentric distance of the comet. Calculations show that thecontribution of photodissociation of H$_2$O to the green (red) line emission is30 to 70% (60 to 90%), while CO$_2$ and CO are the next potential sourcescontributing 25 to 50% ($<$5%). The ratio of the photo-production rate ofO($^1$S) to O($^1$D) would be around 0.03 ($\pm$ 0.01) if H$_2$O is the mainsource of oxygen lines, whereas it is $\sim$0.6 if the parent is CO$_2$. Ourcalculations suggest that the yield of O($^1$S) production in thephotodissociation of H$_2$O cannot be larger than 1%. The model calculatedradial brightness profiles of the red and green lines and G/R ratios are ingood agreement with the observations made on comet Hyakutake in March 1996.

Coupled Chemistry-Emission Model for Atomic Oxygen Green and Red-doublet Emissions in Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake