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Pink splash of active nitrogen in the discharge afterglow

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Results are presented from experimental studies of the glow dynamics of active nitrogen in the stage of its excitation by a current pulse and during the discharge afterglow. The mechanism is proposed for the generation of a light splash in a highly activated nitrogen after the end of its pulsed excitation. The key role in the generation of this splash is played by the D-V processes, by which the dissociation energy is transferred to the vibrational degrees of freedom in the course of recombination of nitrogen atoms, and the V-E processes, by which the vibrational energy of highly excited molecules N2(X, v ≥ 25–27) is transferred to the emitting electronic states N2(B, v) after the V-V delay. Results of simulations based on the mechanism proposed are also presented.

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    Yu. S. Akishev, M. E. Grushin, V. B. Karal’nik, A. V. Petryakov & N. I. Trushkin

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Original Russian Text © Yu.S. Akishev, M.E. Grushin, V.B. Karal’nik, A.V. Petryakov, N.I. Trushkin, 2007, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2007, Vol. 33, No. 9, pp. 828–845.

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Akishev, Y.S., Grushin, M.E., Karal’nik, V.B. et al. Pink splash of active nitrogen in the discharge afterglow. Plasma Phys. Rep. 33, 757–773 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X07090061

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