Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 1983
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983p%26ss...31..317e&link_type=abstract
Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 31, March 1983, p. 317-321.
Physics
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Carbon Monoxide, Electron Impact, Mars Atmosphere, Molecular Excitation, Spectral Bands, Airglow, Atmospheric Chemistry, Electron Scattering, Emission Spectra, Molecular Spectra, Ultraviolet Spectra
Scientific paper
The results of experimental observations of the Cameron bands of CO produced by electron impacts with CO and CO2 are presented, noting that the bands have been detected in the atmospheres of both Mars and Venus. The study was initiated to account for Conway's (1981) data that the Martian airglow displayed cross-sectional dissociative excitation of the Cameron bands seven time larger than laboratory measurements by Ajello (1971). Spectrometer measurements were obtained of processes occurring in a chamber filled with CO or CO2 gas being bombarded by an electron beam. A value three times higher than the previous lab oratory estimate was obtained. Reasons for the discrepancy are discussed, including a present factor of two error in laboratory estimates.
Erdman P. W.
Zipf Edward C.
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