Infrared Emission and Atomic Transitions

Abstract

The general objective of this project is to study radiative transitions in atoms and molecules, particularly those relevant to infrared radiation. Our major efforts include (a) study of electron impact dissociative excitation of oxygen and its mechanism, (b) production of excited nitrogen atoms and their infrared emission by electron impact on nitrogen molecules, (c) development of a method for determining number density of metastable atoms produced by electron beams, (d) study of collisional behaviors of 3s lone electrons. Keywords: Infrared emission ; Atoms in highly excited levels, number density; Metastable atoms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 27, 1987
Accession Number
ADA182804

Entities

People

  • Chun C. Lin

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin Madison Department of Physics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Atoms
  • Dissociation
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Energy
  • Electron Transfer
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Energy
  • Excitation
  • Ground State
  • Infrared Radiation
  • Long-Wavelength Infrared Radiation
  • Physics
  • Projectiles
  • Radiation
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics