Investigations of Auroral Excitation Processes: Emphasis onVegard-Kaplan and Green Line Production Mechanisms

人们对利用光发射的兴趣正在发展 来确定全球的能量输入 进入大气层的颗粒物， 磁层及其与太阳风的相互作用。 是 要做到这一点，需要对激励有基本的了解， 这些排放的机制。 该项目是一个受控制的 实验室实验来研究许多这些激发 机制等 其中有一代人特别兴奋， 氮分子态（A （u）确定其在 原子氧（5577 A）的绿色线的产生。 这种辐射的发射激发机制是 仍 尽管它是极光中最强的可见区域， 发射和极光中发现的第一批发射之一 江西篇章

There is a developing interest in using optical emissions associated with the aurora to determine the global energy input into the atmosphere from particles precipitating from the magnetosphere and its interaction with the solar wind. To be able to do this requires a basic understanding of the excitation mechanisms for these emissions. This project is a controlled laboratory experiment to investigate many of these excitation mechanisms. Among them is the generation of a particular excited state of molecular nitrogen (A u ) to determine its role in the production of the green line of atomic oxygen (5577 A). Emission excitation mechanisms for this radiation are still unclear even though it is the strongest visible region auroral emission and one of the first emissions identified in the auroral spectrum.