Products of the reaction of 8 km/s <formula>N(4S) and <formula>O2

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Jun 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000jgr...10512833c&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 105, Issue A6, p. 12833-12838

Physics

Plasma Physics

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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Chemical Kinetic And Photochemical Properties, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Thermosphere-Composition And Chemistry, Space Plasma Physics: Laboratory Studies, Space Plasma Physics: Spacecraft/Atmosphere Interactions

Scientific paper

Reactions involving fast nitrogen atoms are of importance both in the upper atmosphere and in defining the near-field environment around orbiting spacecraft. We present the first quantitative study of the distribution of vibrationally excited ground state NO produced in the reaction of 8 km/s N atoms with O2. A pulsed beam of energetic nitrogen atoms was interacted with thermal oxygen molecules under single-collision conditions in a crossed beam configuration. The fundamental and first overtone band emissions of the reaction product NO (X2Π) were measured using both band-pass-filtered radiometers and a circular variable filter. The spectrally resolved emissions were analyzed to determine the nascent NO vibrational distribution and the vibrational state-specific reaction cross sections. The present results are compared with earlier measurements performed at thermal energies and contrasted with theoretical predictions.

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