Analytic models of electron impact excitation cross sections
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Measurement of the angular distribution of electrons elastically scattered from N2 as a function of energy, utilizing a crossed-beam technique. Measurements have been made of monoenergetic electrons with energies between 5 and 90 eV scattered from a collimated beam of N2 at angles from -114 to +160 deg. The wide angular range of the measurements has enabled the determination of the total elastic-scattering and momentum-transfer cross sections. The measurements are relative and have been normalized to Fisk's (1936) theoretical calculation at 5 eV. The results generally agree well with other published measurements and with theory.
The equation governing the transport of photoelectrons in the ionosphere is shown to be equivalent to the equation of radiative transfer. In the single-energy approximation this equation is solved in closed form by the method of discrete ordinates for isotropic scattering and for a single-constituent atmosphere. The results include prediction of the angular distribution of photoelectrons at all altitudes and, in particular, the angular distribution of the escape flux. The implications of these solutions in real atmosphere calculations are discussed.
Thermospheric molecular nitrogen vibrational temperature, studying various chemical reactions and collisions as energy sources
Ionospheric electron temperature profiles for midday equinoctial conditions noting protonospheric and conjugate heating effects
Auroral emission rates and heating effects as function of altitudes
Electron impact excitation and ionization cross sections data of molecular nitrogen synthesized using modified Born approximation
Inelastic electron impact cross sections for ionization and vibrational excitation of atmospheric molecular oxygen
Auroral transition radiation calculated from electron impact