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Survey of vacuum ultraviolet experimental data in relation to radiation characterization for Earth high-speed re-entry

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This contribution is a survey of the available experimental radiation data measured in the VUV range related to hypersonic atmospheric entry. The objective is to identify the datasets already gathered during aerothermodynamics studies for preparing Mars, Venus, and sample return missions. The final goal is to identify the most valuable datasets for comparisons with future data measured in the European shock-tube ESTHER. Due to the limited number of studies covering VUV radiation in relation to space exploration missions, the review has been extended to domains such as nuclear fusion, exobiology, chemical and process engineering.

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This manuscript has no associated data or the data will not be deposited. The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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The research leading to these results has been partially supported by Fluid Gravity Engineering and Instituto Superior Tecnico of Lisbon under European Space Agency contract 23086. This contribution has been presented at the 12th ICAMDATA Conference hold in Mola di Bari (Italy), on Sept. 25-29, 2022.

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Reynier, P. Survey of vacuum ultraviolet experimental data in relation to radiation characterization for Earth high-speed re-entry. Eur. Phys. J. D 77, 160 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-023-00738-x

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