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Products of Dissociative Recombination in the IonosphereSRI International undertook a novel experimental measurement of the product states formed by dissociative ro-combination (DR) of C2(+), NO(+), and N2(+) as a function of both electron energy and reactant ion vibrational level. For these measurements we used a recently developed experimental technique for measuring dissociation product distributions that allows both the branching ratios to be accurately determined and the electronic and ro-vibrational state composition of the reactant ions to be specified. DR is the dominant electron loss mechanism in all regions of the ionosphere. In this process, electron attachment to the molecular ion produces an unstable neutral molecule that rapidly dissociates.
Document ID
19960047252
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Cosby, Philip
(SRI International Corp. Menlo Park, CA United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1996
Subject Category
Geophysics
Report/Patent Number
NASA-CR-202106
NAS 1.26:202106
MP 96-113
Accession Number
96N32982
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: SRI Proj. 4810
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-360
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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