Modeling the Earth’s Nightglow Spectrum for Systems of Bands Emitted at Spontaneous Transitions between Different States of Electronically Excited Oxygen Molecules

Processes of the excitation and quenching of electronically excited state of molecular oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere at the altitudes of nightglow are considered. The calculated integrated intensities of Herzberg I bands are compared to experimental data obtained from space shuttle Discovery (STS...

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Published inBulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Physics Vol. 85; no. 3; pp. 219 - 223
Main Authors Antonenko, O. V., Kirillov, A. S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.03.2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Atmospheric models
Discovery (Orbiter)
Hadrons
Heavy Ions
Nightglow
Nuclear Physics
Oxygen
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
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Summary:Processes of the excitation and quenching of electronically excited state of molecular oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere at the altitudes of nightglow are considered. The calculated integrated intensities of Herzberg I bands are compared to experimental data obtained from space shuttle Discovery (STS-53). It is shown that the best agreement is observed upon adjusting quantum yields obtained earlier for the production of vibrational levels of the state in three-body collisions.
ISSN:1062-8738
1934-9432
DOI:10.3103/S1062873821020040