A study of the excitation and radiative decay of the 3s-prime 3D-0 and 3d 3D-0 levels of atomic oxygen

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Airglow, Atomic Energy Levels, Electron Scattering, Gas Dissociation, Oxygen Atoms, Cross Sections, Electron Energy, Emission Spectra, Far Ultraviolet Radiation, Radiative Recombination

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The absolute cross-sections for the excitation of the 989 A, 1027 A, 7990 A, 8446 A, 1.1287 micron and 1.3164 micron multiplets of atomic oxygen by electron impact dissociation of O2 are reported. The radiative branching ratios for these transitions are calculated from these results and compared with the NBS compilation of Wiese et al. (1966) and the recent theoretical calculations of Pradhan and Saraph (1977). The cascade models of O(+) radiative recombination and of electron-impact excitation of the O I(3S) state in the terrestrial airglow are discussed in the light of the laboratory measurements, and the effects of the resonant absorption of components of the lambda 989 A and lambda 1027 A multiplets by the Birge-Hopfield band system of N2 are investigated. This process is shown to depend sensitively on the N2 vibrational temperature and to cause characteristic changes in the OI EUV emission spectrum in auroras and in the sunlit F-region at high exospheric temperatures.

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