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NASA NTRS1978

Study of dynamic emission spectra from lubricant films in an elastohydrodynamic contact using Fourier transform spectroscopy

Infrared emission spectra were obtained through a diamond window from lubricating fluids in an operating sliding elastohydrodynamic contact and analyzed by comparison with static absorption spectra under similar pressures. Different loads, shear rates and temperatures were used. Most of the spectra exhibited polarization characteristics, indicating directional alignment of the lubricant in the EHD contact. Among the fluids studied were a "traction" fluid, an advanced ester, and their mixtures, a synthetic paraffin, a naphthenic reference fluid (N-1), both neat and containing 1 percent of p-tricresyl phosphate as an anti-wear additive, and a C-ether. Traction properties were found to be nearly proportional to mixture composition for traction fluid and ester mixtures. The anti-wear additive reduced traction and fluid temperature under low loads but increased them under higher loads, giving rise to formation of a friction polymer.

Lauer, J. L.↗
NASA NTRS1988

Measurement of nighttime stratospheric N2O5 from infrared emission spectra

The mixing ratio profile of N2O5 has been inferred from high-resolution emission spectra obtained with a balloon-borne Fourier spectrometer. The observations were taken for the period from midnight to predawn on September 16, 1986 at 32 deg N latitude. The inferred volume mixing ratio from nighttime average spectra has a peak of about 1.8 x 10 to the -9th in the 32-35 altitude range. The inferred mixing ratio is generally less than the theoretical predictions from a one-dimensional model.

Kunde, V. G.↗
DOE OSTI2021

Influence of Disorder and State Filling on Charge-Transfer-State Absorption and Emission Spectra

We conduct comprehensive temperature-dependent measurements of the charge-transfer-(CT) state photocurrent and emission spectra for two organic small molecule donor:fullerene (C 60 ) acceptor bulk heterojunction solar cells. We reveal that the CT spectral width and position are affected by static energetic disorder in the blend, especially evident at low temperatures. The relative contributions of the static and dynamic disorder broadening in the CT spectra are effectively extracted through consideration of a Gaussian CT energetic distribution. However, electroluminescence (EL) spectra can only be interpreted when injected carriers reach thermal equilibrium sites within the disordered density of states and emission occurs from the lowest possible CT energy. For the blend with the smaller energetic disorder, this is the case near room temperature; for the other blend with larger static disorder, carriers fail to reach thermal equilibrium sites even at room temperature and EL spectra need to be interpreted with care. For example, in the latter case, the effect of energetic disorder might not be apparent from EL spectra because the lowest energy sites are not participating. Nonetheless, these states contribute to the photocurrent generation-recombination and energy-loss processes and thus demand accurate characterization, which we show is feasible through temperature-dependent external quantum-efficiency measurements.

14 SOLAR ENERGY↗
NASA NTRS1993

First results from a laboratory facility for measurement of emission spectra under simulated planetary conditions

We have developed a laboratory spectroscopic facility for the measurement of emission spectra under simulated planetary conditions. Spectral measurements are made from 6 to 13 microns with a scanning grating monochromator equipped with a HgCdTl detector. An environment chamber in service in Hawaii for several years in which we can control the temperature from 77 K to 500 K, the pressure from 10(exp -5) torr to two atmospheres, has been equipped with a 77 K or 273 K cold shield. The shield serves to minimize light reflected off the sample and to aid in development of thermal gradients for obtaining spectra under conditions simulating the thermal environment of airless bodies. Samples are placed in small cups on a temperature controlled substrate allowing measurements of emission due to heating from below by the substrate, or from illumination from a solar simulation source.

Lucey, Paul G.↗
NASA NTRS1989

Effects of grain boundary characteristics of steel on magnetoacoustic emission spectra

Consideration is given to the effects of grain boundary characteristics on the properties of a magnetoacoustic emission spectra obtained by external ac magnetic field-driven domain wall motions. In studies with HY80 steel samples, it is found that the domain wall-defect interaction enhances as more grain boundary is introduced. The enhancement of the domain wall-defect interaction generates high amplitude magnetoacoustic emission pulses and reduces the rate of magnetoacoustic emission events by limiting domain wall motions.

Namkung, M.↗
NASA NTRS2001

Neutral Gas Temperature Estimates in an Inductively Coupled CF4 Plasma by Fitting Diatomic Emission Spectra

This work examines the accuracy of plasma neutral temperature estimates by fitting the rotational band envelope of different diatomic species in emission. Experiments are performed in an inductively coupled CF4 plasma generated in a Gaseous Electronics Conference reference cell. Visible and ultraviolet emission spectra are collected at a power of 300 W (approximately 0.7 W/cc) and pressure of 30 mtorr. The emission bands of several molecules (CF, CN, C2, CO, and SiF) are fit simultaneously for rotational and vibrational temperatures and compared. Four different rotational temperatures are obtained: 1250 K for CF and CN, 1600 K for CO, 1800 K for C2, and 2300 K for SiF. The vibrational temperatures obtained vary from 1750-5950 K, with the higher vibrational temperatures generally corresponding to the lower rotational temperatures. These results suggest that the different species have achieved different degrees of equilibration between the rotational and vibrational modes and may not be equilibrated with the translational temperatures. The different temperatures are also related to the likelihood that the species are produced by ion bombardment of the surface, with etch products like SiF, CO, and C2 having higher temperatures than species expected to have formed in the gas phase.

Cruden, Brett A.↗
NASA NTRS1991

Emission spectra and kinetics of copolymer films of styrene and 2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorostyrene

The temperature-dependent steady-state emission spectra and fluorescence kinetics of copolymer films of styrene and 2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorostyrene are reported. The polystyrene excimer emission is efficiently quenched in the presence of relatively small amounts of the pentafluorophenyl quencher in spite of the fact that direct energy transfer from the excimer to the quencher chromophores is not possible. The quenching of the polystyrene excimer emission at room temperature and of the polystyrene monomer emission at 13 K is attributed to the interception of the migrating monomer excitation by the quencher. The data suggest that this quenching mechanism is independent of temperature.

O'Connor, Donald B.↗
NASA NTRS2005

Effects of Incident Electron Fluence and Energy on the Election Yield Curves and Emission Spectra of Dielectrics

We present an experimental study of evolution of electron emission yields and spectra as a result of internal charge build up due to electron dose. Reliable total, backscattered and secondary yield curves and electron emission spectra for un-charged insulators using a low fluence, pulsed electron beam (= or < 5 microsec at = or < 3 nA/sq mm or = or < 10(exp 5) e/sq mm per pulse) with low energy electron and UV flooding to neutralize the charging between pulses. Quantifiable changes in yield curves are observed due to < 100 fC/sq mm fluences for several excellent dielectric thin film materials. We find good agreement with a phenomenological argument based on insulator charging predicted by the yield curve; this includes an approximately linear decrease in the magnitude of the yield as incident energies approach the crossover energies and an exponential decrease in yield as accumulated internal charge reduces the landing energy to asymptotically approach a steady state surface charge and unity yield. We also find that the exponential decay of yield curves with fluence exhibit an energy dependent decay constant, alpha(E), over a broad range of incident energies below, between and above the crossover energies. Finally, we present some preliminary physics-based models for this energy dependence and attempt to relate our charging measurements to knowledge of how charge is deposited within the insulator, the mechanisms for charge trapping and transport, and how the profile of trapped charge affects the transport and emission of charges from insulators.

Sim, Alec↗
NASA NTRSDate not supplied

Computing rovibrational, vibrational, and cascade emission spectra for comparison to astronomical observations

Over the last several years, our group has been involved in developing approaches to compute highly accurate spectroscopic constants and vibrational frequencies for small transient molecules that may be used in the interpretation and assignment of high-resolution laboratory experiments as well as high-resolution astronomical spectra. Additionally, we have used the computed spectroscopic constants to simulate purely rotational and rovibrational spectra so that these may be compared directly with high-resolution astronomical observations, and we have worked on developing approaches that can be applied to much larger molecules, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules, where we can explicitly determine anharmonic corrections to vibrational frequencies as well as take into account intensity sharing due to resonances. In addition, for PAH molecules we have used the anharmonic data to compute a library of temperature-dependent anharmonic vibrational spectra, with proper inclusion of polyad resonances, which can then be used to model the cascade emission spectra of PAH molecules – the type of spectra directly observed by astronomers. Another part of our work in spectroscopic signatures involves computing highly accurate line lists for common molecules, such as CO2, SO2, and NH3, which occur in many astrophysical environments, including the atmospheres of exoplanents, and often need to have their lines identified in high-resolution observations in order to determine which lines are due to other molecules. In order to characterize the atmospheres of hot exoplanets, these line lists need to be very accurate and extend to very high energies. I will discuss our latest work in these areas of astrochemical spectroscopy research.

Timothy J Lee↗
NASA NTRS1991

Effect of nearest-neighbor ions on excited ionic states, emission spectra, and line profiles in hot and dense plasmas

The effect of the cylindrical symmetry imposed by the nearest-neighbor ions on the ionic levels and the emission spectra of a Li-like Kr ion immersed in hot and dense plasmas is investigated using the Stein et al. (1989) two-centered model extended to include computations of the line profiles, shifts, and widths, as well as the energy-level mixing and the forbidden transition probabilities. It is shown that the cylindrical symmetry mixes states with different orbital quantum numbers l, particularly for highly excited states, and, thereby, gives rise to forbidden transitions in the emission spectrum. Results are obtained for the variation of the ionic level shifts and mixing coefficients with the distance to the nearest neighbor. Also obtained are representative computed spectra that show the density effects on the spectral line profiles, shifts, and widths, and the forbidden components in the spectrum.

Salzmann, D.↗
NASA NTRS1972

The Nimbus 4 infrared spectroscopy experiment. I - Calibrated thermal emission spectra.

Measurement of the infrared spectrum of the earth and atmosphere between 400 and 1600/cm. In an effort to obtain spectra with high absolute accuracy, it was necessary to incorporate many factors into the calibration, including small departures from unity in the emissivity of the on-board calibration source, imbalance between cold and warm calibration ports, and effects due to orbital variations in instrument temperature. The inclusion of such higher order corrections, along with careful data screening processes, has ensured a high quality data set that can be used in a variety of geophysical and meteorological investigations. Representative samples of data are presented that illustrate the behavior of the thermal emission spectra under a variety of conditions encountered in a typical orbit, including extremes in temperature, surface reststrahlung (or residual ray) effects, and various types of cloud conditions.

Hanel, R. A.↗