LABORATORY STUDIES OF ATOMIC AND ELECTRONIC COLLISION PROCESSES RELEVANT TO THE STUDY OF THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE

Abstract

Atomic and electronic collision processes related to the study of the upper atmosphere are treated. There is particular emphasis on processes producing visible radiation. The problems studied are in three groups: (1) investigation of excitation by electron, ion, and atom impact; (2) study of reactions which ions and molecules in excited states may undergo; and (3) field study of fluctuations in auroral light. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 25, 1962
Accession Number
AD0277166

Entities

People

  • N.p. Carleton

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Collisions
  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Excitation
  • Fermions
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Molecules
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Radiation
  • Subatomic Particles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics