A measurement of the O2 ultra-violet nightglow emission

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Dec 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979p%26ss...27.1507l&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science, vol. 27, Dec. 1979, p. 1507-1511. Research supported by the Swedish Board for Space Activities.

Physics

Herzberg Bands, Nightglow, Oxygen Spectra, Ultraviolet Photometry, Atmospheric Chemistry, Atomic Excitations, Emission Spectra

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New measurements of the Herzberg I emission height profile in the night airglow are reported and indicate a peak emission height near 96 km in agreement with previous measurements. Using an atomic oxygen concentration profile determined from the oxygen green line profile measured on the same rocket it is concluded that the O2(A 3Sigma u +) state is not excited in the direct three body recombination of atomic oxygen. It is suggested that the excitation mechanism is a two step process, similar to the Barth mechanism for the atomic oxygen green line, and that the excited intermediate state is C 3Delta u.

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