Spectral identification/elimination of molecular species in spacecraft glow

Details Spectral identification/elimination of molecular species in spacecraft glow Spectral identification/elimination of molecular species in spacecraft glow

Sep 1985

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In NASA. Marshall Space Flight Center 2d Workshop on Spacecraft Glow p 82-97 (SEE N86-13239 03-88)

Computer Science

Computerized Simulation, Emission Spectra, Luminosity, Models, Molecular Spectra, Spacecraft Glow, Emittance, Fluorescence, High Resolution, Oxygen, Spacecraft Orbits, Spacelab, Spectral Resolution

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Computer models of molecular electronic and vibrational emission intensities were developed. Known radiative emission rates (Einstein coefficients) permit the determination of relative excited state densities from spectral intensities. These codes were applied to the published spectra of glow above shuttle surface and to the Spacelab 1 results of Torr and Torr. The theoretical high-resolution spectra were convolved with the appropriate instrumental slit functions to allow accurate comparison with data. The published spacelab spectrum is complex but N2+ Meinel emission can be clearly identified in the ram spectrum. M2 First Positive emission does not correlate well with observed features, nor does the CN Red System. Spectral overlay comparisons are presented. The spectrum of glow above shuttle surfaces, in contrast to the ISO data, is not highly structured. Diatomic molecular emission was matched to the observed spectral shape. Source excitation mechanisms such as (oxygen atom)-(surface species) reaction product chemiluminescence, surface recombination, or resonance fluorescent re-emission will be discussed for each tentative assignment. These assignments are the necessary first analytical step toward mechanism identification. Different glow mechanisms will occur above surfaces under different orbital conditions.

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