Thermospheric production of O(1S) by dissociative recombination of vibrationally excited O2+

Jeng Hwa Yee; T. L. Killeen

doi:10.1016/0032-0633(86)90022-X

Thermospheric production of O(¹S) by dissociative recombination of vibrationally excited O₂⁺

Jeng Hwa Yee, T. L. Killeen

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Abstract

High spectral resolution line profiles at 5577 Å of the night-time, F-region O(¹S) emission measured by the Fabry-Perot Interferometer on board the Dynamics Explorer satellite are analyzed using a continuous O(¹S) relaxation model. The model is an improvement over the previous model of Killeen and Hays in that energy loss via elastic collision is considered in addition to the single collision, excitation exchange thermalization process. The results show that the active channel for O(¹S) production is capture into the ¹Σ_u⁺ repulsive state of O₂ and that the main contributor to its production is the dissociative recombination of O₂⁺ ions in vibrational levels ν = 1 andz 2 in agreement with the quantal calculations of Guberman.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1101-1107
Number of pages	7
Journal	Planetary and Space Science
Volume	34
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0032-0633(86)90022-X
State	Published - Nov 1986
Externally published	Yes

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