The O I /6300 A/ airglow

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May 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978rvgsp..16..225h&link_type=abstract

Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics, vol. 16, May 1978, p. 225-232.

Physics

Space Physics

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Airglow, Atmospheric Chemistry, Metastable Atoms, Oxygen Spectra, Thermosphere, Electron Impact, Electron Transitions, Molecular Gases, Nitrogen, Oxygen Atoms, Particle Production, Photodissociation, Rates (Per Time), Satellite Observation, Twilight Glow

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The production and destruction of O(D-1) atoms in the thermosphere are studied on the basis of observations conducted by the Atmosphere Explorer-C spacecraft. In particular, measurements of the O I transition at 6300 A provide a means of calculating the strength of the O2(+) dissociative recombination source of O(D-1), which amounts to 1.33. A value of 3 times 10 to the minus 11th power cu cm/sec is established for the quenching rate of O(D-1) by molecular nitrogen, while the photodissociation rate for O2 is set at three millionths per sec. These determinations are in agreement with the conventional theory of the day 6300-A airglow.

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