Identification of thermospheric dayglow emissions for the MUSTANG experiment. Master's thesis

Technical Report · Fri Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6480548

Danczyk, G M

Thermospheric airglow emissions in the wavelength range of 1800 A to 3400 A, and altitude range of 100 to 330 km were identified. These emissions compose the preliminary data analysis for the MUSTANG rocket experiment. Identification of emissions in the wavelength range of the MUSTANG experiment was accomplished using experimental results to support calculated emission feature intensity. All emission features that will contribute to the experimental spectra, as well as those features that will be distinguishable have been tentatively identified. These results confirm the contention that the instrument wavelength range allows observation of major mid-ultraviolet airglow emission bands. The extended wavelength and altitude range for this experiment allows a unique experiment allows a unique experimental opportunity to observe all major neutral atmospheric constituents in one spectrum. The primary emission band systems that will be observed are the N{sub 2} Lyman-Birge-Hopfield bands, the O{sub 2} Schumann-Runge bands, the NO Gamma bands and the O 2972A line. Secondary contributions will be observed from the N{sub 2} Vegard-Kaplan and 2nd Positive bands, the O{sub 2} Herzberg bands, and the NO Epsilon and Delta bands. These combined spectra will insure the MUSTANG experimental goal of measuring N{sub 2} and NO densities, and determining EUV and photoelectron fluxes can be met.

• Research Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6480548
• Report Number(s): AD-A-225473/8/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
AIRGLOW
CHALCOGENIDES
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA PROCESSING
DENSITY
DETECTION
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
EMISSION SPECTRA
EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
FERMIONS
GAMMA RADIATION
IONIZING RADIATIONS
LEPTONS
NITRIC OXIDE
NITROGEN
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NONMETALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PROCESSING
RADIATIONS
ROCKETS
SPECTRA
THERMOSPHERE
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION