High Resolution Spectroscopy of Emission Excited by ElectronImpact on Atmospheric Gases
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The analysis of the light emitted atoms and molecules in the               upper atmosphere leads to a knowledge of the chemical and                       physical reactions taking place there as energy in the form of                  solar ultraviolet radiation is absorbed during the day, and in                  the form of high speed streams of electrons and positively                      charged atoms is absorbed at high latitudes at night.  To relate                the optical observations to specific chemical reactions and to                  infer upper atmosphere temperature and composition and energy                   inputs, it is necessary to perform controlled laboratory                        experiments to determine the parameters that need to be used in                 numerical models of the processes.  This award is for laboratory                work to provide such parameters for reaction involving nitrogen                 and oxygen atoms and molecules, and in particular for the shapes                of "spectral lines", i.e., the detailed distribution of the                     number of photons emitted versus their precise wavelength, to                   help sort out reactions involving the breakup of molecules from                 reactions involving the direct collision of electrons with atoms.
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