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Greer et al. 1995

Greer, W.A.D., Stark, J.P.W. and Pratt, N.H. (1995). Surface-induced luminescence in a high-velocity rarefied atomic oxygen flow regime. Journal of Geophysical Research 100: doi: 10.1029/94JA03278. issn: 0148-0227.

A comprehensive investigation of surface-induced luminescence has been carried out, using a beam of fast (1.5 to 3.3 km s-1) atomic oxygen and a painted aluminum target over which NO is effused. Experimental measurements of luminescence intensity as a function of beam fluxes, distance off the surface, and luminescence spectra leads to the conclusion of a surface-mediated O+NO→NO2 reaction with supporting evidence for a multistep mechanism. Calibration of gas fluxes and luminescence intensity provides an overall rate coefficient [ln {k1(cm2 s)}=-40 (+2, -1.5)> which was not found to be sensitive to beam energy over the range investigated. Comparison of laboratory results with spacecraft glow indicates similar trends in both phenomena. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1995

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Keywords
Space Plasma Physics, Laboratory studies, Space Plasma Physics, Radiation processes, Space Plasma Physics, Spacecraft/atmosphere interactions, Space Plasma Physics, Instruments and techniques

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Journal of Geophysical Research
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