A THEORY OF THE AURORAL AFTERGLOW OF NITROGEN.
Abstract
An attempt is made to explain the 'auroral afterglow' or short-duration afterglow of nitrogen, discovered in 1932 by Kaplan, in terms of well established processes. In this afterglow, N2+ bands are excited together with bands of neutral N2 molecules, which show energies far exceeding the limit evident in the well known long-duration afterglow (Lewis-Rayleigh afterglow). This limit is given by the energy of recombining N atoms, 9.76 eV. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0654300
Entities
People
- O. Oldenberg
Organizations
- Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories