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Scientific paper
Mar 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976jgr....81.1253t&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 81, Mar. 1, 1976, p. 1253-1263.
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Atmospheric Models, Diurnal Variations, Helium Isotopes, Metastable Atoms, Twilight Glow, Annual Variations, Electron Energy, Ionospheric Electron Density, Penning Effect, Photoelectrons, Upper Atmosphere
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The 10,830-A column emission rates from metastable He(2 3S) atoms in the upper atmosphere are calculated and compared with other calculations and observations. It is shown that the calculated emission rates agree well with the observed emission rates provided that the cross sections for loss of He(2 3S) by Penning ionization on atomic oxygen is near 5 A 2 and not 44 A 2 as previously measured. It is assumed that the local and conjugate photoelectron fluxes above 300 km are about double those calculated. The dawn/dusk intensity ratio observed in New Mexico, Brazil and Peru is accounted for by changes in the ambient thermal electron concentration in Brazil and Peru and by changes in plasmasphere opacity to conjugate point electrons for New Mexico and to some extent for Brazil. The rate at which He-4 would escape from the earth if sufficient energy were imparted to the He-4 atoms during the Penning reaction was recalculated and found to be inadequate by an order of magnitude to balance the terrestrial production.
Christensen Andrew B.
Tinsley Brian A.
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