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Singlet molecular nitrogen in the Auroral ionosphere and under the conditions of laboratory discharge

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Using the suggested model of the electron kinetics of N2 singlet states, the population of the vibrational levels in the molecular nitrogen states (a′)1Σ − u , a 1Π g , and w 1Δ u is calculated for the case when fast auroral electrons penetrate into the Earth’s ionosphere. It is shown for the first time that the population distribution of the vibrational levels v = 0−6 in the state a 1Π g in the auroral ionosphere and also in a laboratory discharge varies with atmospheric pressure insignificantly. Similar calculations for pure nitrogen atmosphere show a considerable increase in the populations of lower vibrational levels (v = 0−2) with rising pressure.

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Original Russian Text © A.S. Kirillov, 2011, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2011, Vol. 81, No. 12, pp. 39–46.

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Kirillov, A.S. Singlet molecular nitrogen in the Auroral ionosphere and under the conditions of laboratory discharge. Tech. Phys. 56, 1737–1744 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784211120085

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