THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF QUESTIONS DEVELOPED BY A STUDY OF AIR FLUORESCENCE AS A METHOD OF DETECTING NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS.

Abstract

Energy loss processes for electrons in atmospheric gases have been studied in the laboratory and in the aurora with sounding rockets. Results include cross sections for dissociative excitation of species such as O2 and CO2 and excitation and ionization cross sections for N2 and O2. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0697693

Entities

People

  • Thomas M. Donahue

Organizations

  • University of Pittsburgh

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electrons
  • Excitation
  • Explosions
  • Fluorescence
  • Ionization
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Rockets
  • Sounding Rockets

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Seismology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics