Afterglow/Nightglow Studies

激励截面的实验室测量， 确定振动分布，以及能量是如何 转移到特定的反应中是我们 了解发生在我们生命中的过程， 气氛该计划将试图调查许多 困扰这些实验室使用的问题 对了解地球气辉的研究。共振- 增强多光子电离和激光诱导荧光 技术将被使用。 具体研究将描述 N_2、O_2和NO的振动分布，并研究了 O/O2系统中的能量传递。1/24/89

Laboratory measurements of cross-sections for excitation, determining vibrational distributions, and how energy is transferred in particular reactions is fundamental to our understanding of the processes that take place in our atmosphere. This program will attempt to investigate many of the problems that have plagued the use of these laboratory studies to understanding the terrestrial airglow. Resonance- enhanced multi-photon ionization and Laser-induced fluorescence techniques will be used. Particular studies will characterize the vibrational distributions in N2, O2 and NO and study the energy transfer in the O/O2 system. 1/24/89