O I (7990 A) emission and radiative entrapment of auroral EUV

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Auroras, Emission Spectra, Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation, Fine Structure, Oxygen Spectra, Radiative Transfer, Atomic Excitations, Electron States, Fabry-Perot Interferometers, Photons, Spectrum Analysis

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The auroral O I 7990-A multiplet intensity distribution has been observed by means of a 2-m grille spectrometer and a Fabry-Perot interferometer during 1977 and 1982, respectively, in Alaska. Grille spectrometer results indicate a nonstatistical distribution in the excited state, consistent with the preferential scattering of the O I 989-A EUV emission and in accord with recent radiative transfer calculations. A comparison of O I 7990-A intensities measured on the nightside with those from dayside magnetospheric cleft aurora shows a cascade contribution to the O I 8446-A line, and ultimately to the O I 1304-A transition, that depends on the altitude of the aurora. This is attributed to the greater radiative enhancement of O I 989-A at low altitude, and the correspondingly enhanced probability for branching from the 3 s-prime to the 3 p level in atomic O.

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