LABORATORY INVESTIGATION OF SHUTTLE GLOW MECHANISMS

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CALEDONIA, GE [1 ]
HOLTZCLAW, KW [1 ]
GREEN, BD [1 ]
KRECH, RH [1 ]
LEONE, A [1 ]
SWENSON, G [1 ]
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[1] LOCKHEED MISSILES & SPACE CO INC,DIV RES & DEV,SUNNYVALE,CA 94086
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10.1029/GL017i011p01881
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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A fast oxygen atom source was used to investigate the Shuttle glow phenomena in the laboratory. Both room temperature and cooled targets were dosed with NO and then irradiated by 8 km/s oxygen atoms. The observed fluorescence is spectrally similar to that seen on the Shuttle supporting previous suggestions that recombination of O with surface bound NO is the responsible mechanism for the visible Shuttle glow. Copyright 1990 by the American Geophysical Union.
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页码:1881 / 1884
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