The effective lifetime profiles of the O/1S/ and N2/+/ /B2 Sigma u/+/, v = 0/ excited species

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Nov 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975jatp...37.1491h&link_type=abstract

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, vol. 37, Nov. 1975, p. 1491-1495.

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Atmospheric Composition, Auroral Zones, Ion Recombination, Nitrogen Ions, Oxygen Atoms, Plasma Lifetime, Atmospheric Models, Atmospheric Temperature, Atomic Excitations, E Region, Relativistic Particles, Vertical Distribution

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The height variation of the effective lifetimes of the 1S state of O and (B2 Sigma u(+), v = 0) level of N2(+) in the atmosphere are calculated. For the excited N2(+) ions, the half-quenching height is found at about 48 km, giving the possibility of observing N2(+) first-negative-band emissions below 50 km in relativistic particle events. The half-quenching height of the O(1S) atoms is found to vary between 85 and 115 km, depending on different values of the quenching-rate coefficients and model atmospheres. Quenching, therefore, has a different effect on the height profiles of the 4278-A and 5577-A emissions when auroral particles penetrate into and below the E-region.

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