NASA NTRS · 19840030098
Nitrogen escape from Mars
Abstract
The escape rate of nitrogen from Mars is calculated to be 2.3 x 10 to the 5th per sec for low solar flux conditions and 8.9 x 10 to the 5th per sec for high solar flux conditions. The major source of energetic atoms is dissociative recombination of ground state and vibrationally excited N2(+) ions. The measured N-15/N-14 isotope ratio can be reproduced by postulating an early dense atmosphere during which little differentiation occurred.
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Fox, J. L., Dalgarno, A.. 1983-11-01. Nitrogen escape from Mars. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19840030098
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