Nitric oxide gamma band emission in an aurora
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Geophysical Research Letters
- Vol. 3 (1) , 9-12
- https://doi.org/10.1029/gl003i001p00009
Abstract
Emission of the NO γ(1,0) band at 2150 A has been observed by a rocket‐borne spectrophotometer in an IBC II+ aurora. The v'=0 progression of the γ‐system does not appear in the spectrum. The observed emission rate of the 2150 A feature increases relative to N2+ first negative band emission with increasing altitude. We suggest radiative recombination of NO+ ions with electrons as a possible excitation mechanism compatible with the data.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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