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Visible-near infrared reflectance spectra for five particle size fractions of a Hawaiian palagonite (HWMK101) and a nontronite (ferruginous smectite, Clay Minerals Society source clay SWa-1) were measured under ambient, purged, and heated conditions to characterize the effects of surface and volume scattering on the relationship between absolute H2O content and the strength of the 3 μm absorption feature. Both materials were ground and dry sieved to particle sizes of <25, 25-45, 45-75, 75-125, and 125-250 μm. Particles of the bulk palagonite have an approximate bimodal distribution consisting of small, amorphous particles <5 μm in diameter mixed with crystalline and glass particles <1 mm in diameter, whereas the nontronite particles are polycrystalline aggregates. We find that band parameters value relating the strength of the 3 μm hydration feature to water content increase with particle size for a given water content, regardless of whether reflectance or single scattering albedo spectra are used. Spectra generally increase in reflectance as particle size decreases, a result of the relative increase in volume to surface scattering. Spectra of large particles are commonly saturated in the 3 μm region due to an increase in optical path length, making an accurate estimate of water content indeterminate until the samples dehydrate to the volume-scattering regime. We find that the presence of fines in several of the size fractions of palagonite cause their spectra to be representative of the finest fraction rather than the mean particle size. The nontronite spectra appear to be representative of an effective particle size within the range of the sieved size fractions. Many planetary surfaces are expected to have a large number of small particles which can dominate their spectral signature. Our results for particles <45 μm provide a reasonable model for estimating the H2O content of hydrated asteroids and regions of Mars. 相似文献
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Lawrence A. TAYLOR Carl PIETERS Lindsay P. KELLER Richard V. MORRIS David S. McKAY Allan PATCHEN Susan WENTWORTH 《Meteoritics & planetary science》2001,36(2):285-299
Abstract— The lunar soil characterization consortium, a group of lunar‐sample and remote‐sensing scientists, has undertaken the extensive task of characterization of the finest fractions of lunar soils, with respect to their mineralogical and chemical makeup. These compositional data form the basis for integration and modeling with the reflectance spectra of these same soil fractions. This endeavor is aimed at deciphering the effects of space weathering of soils on airless bodies with quantification of the links between remotely sensed reflectance spectra and composition. A beneficial byproduct is an understanding of the complexities involved in the formation of lunar soil. Several significant findings have been documented in the study of the <45 μm size fractions of selected Apollo 17 mare soils. As grain size decreases, the abundance of agglutinitic glass increases, as does the plagioclase, whereas the other minerals decrease. The composition of the agglutinitic glass is relatively constant for all size fractions, being more feldspathic than any of the bulk compositions; notably, TiO2 is substantially depleted in the agglutinitic glass. However, as grain size decreases, the bulk composition of each size fraction continuously changes, becoming more Al‐rich and Fe‐poor, and approaches the composition of the agglutinitic glasses. Between the smallest grain sizes (10–20 and < 10 μm), the IS/FeO values (amount of total iron present as nanophase Fe0) increase by greater than 100% (>2x), whereas the abundance of agglutinitic glass increases by only 10–15%. This is evidence for a large contribution from surface‐correlated nanophase Fe0 to the IS/FeO values, particularly in the <10 μm size fraction. The surface nanophase Fe0 is present largely as vapor‐deposited patinas on the surfaces of almost every particle of the mature soils, and to a lesser degree for the immature soils (Keller et al., 1999a). It is reasoned that the vapor‐deposited patinas may have far greater effects upon reflectance spectra of mare soils than the agglutinitic Fe0. 相似文献
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To settle the question of disulfur monoxide and sulfur monoxide deposition and occurrence on Io's surface, we performed series of laboratory experiments reproducing the condensation of S2O at low temperature. Its polymerization has been monitored by recording infrared spectra under conditions of temperature, pressure, mixing with SO2 and UV-visible radiation simulating that of Io's surface. Our experiments show that S2O condensates are not chemically stable under ionian conditions. We also demonstrate that SO and S2O outgassed by Io's volcanoes and condensing on Io's surface should lead to yellow polysulfuroxide deposits or to white deposits of S2O diluted in sulfur dioxide frost (i.e., S2O/SO2 < 0.1%). Thus S2O condensation cannot be responsible for the red volcanic deposits on Io. Comparison of the laboratory infrared spectra of S2O and polysulfuroxide with NIMS/Galileo infrared spectra of Io's surface leads us to discuss the possible identification of polysulfuroxide. We also recorded the visible transmission spectra of sulfur samples resulting from polysulfuroxide decomposition. These samples consist in a mixture of sulfur polymer and orthorhombic sulfur. Using the optical constants extracted from these measurements, we show that a linear combination of the reflectance spectra of our samples, the reflectance spectrum of orthorhombic S8 sulfur and SO2 reflectance spectrum, leads to a very good matching of Io's visible spectrum between 330 and 520 nm. We conclude then that Io's surface is probably mainly composed of sulfur dioxide and a mixture of sulfur S8 and sulfur polymer. Some polysulfuroxide could also co-exist with these dominant components, but is probably restricted to some volcanic areas. 相似文献
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Narrow-waveband (100 Å) photoelectric slit-scan photometry of the Neptune disk is reported. Observations were concentrated within the strong CH4 band at λ7300 Å. For comparison, measurements were also made within a continuum waveband at λ6800 Å. Point spread function data were obtained in both colors. Qualitative estimates of the true intensity distribution over the Neptune disk were made. Within the λ6800-Å continuum band, Neptune appears as an essentially uniform disk. Within the λ7300 Å CH4 band, the planet exhibits strong limb brightening. Our results appear to require the presence of an optically thin layer of brightly scattering aerosol particles high in the Neptune atmosphere. 相似文献
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We have obtained spectra of Pluto on six nights during February 1979 using the Cassegrain Digicon spectrograph on the 2.1-m Struve reflector and the IDS spectrograph on the 2.7-m reflector of McDonald Observatory. These spectra, with nominal resolution of 6–7 Å, have been reduced to relative fluxes. Relative albedos were then calculated using the solar irradiances of Arvesen et al. (1969). The spectra taken in the blue show no indication of the upturn in albedo at previously reported by Fix et al. (1970). The lack of a uv upturn cannot be interpreted in terms of a Rayleigh scattering atmosphere unless the albedo of the underlying surface is known. From the lack of methane absorption at the wavelength of the 6190- or 7270-Å methane bands we derive an upper limit of 1–3 m-am of gaseous CH4. The albedo curve has a constant slope between 3500 and 7300 Å. The only other solar system body which has this feature is an S-type asteroid. 相似文献
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The scattering and absorption properties of Axel dust were investigated by means of Mie theory. We find that a flat distribution of particle radii between 0 and 0.1 μm, and an imaginary part of the index of refraction which varies as λ?2.5 produce a good fit to the variation of Titan's geometric albedo with wavelength (λ) provided that τext, the extinction optical depth of Titan's atmosphere at 5000 Å, is about 10. The real part of the complex index is taken to be 2.0. The model assumes that the mixing ratio of Axel dust to gas is uniform above the surface of Titan. The same set of physical properties for Axel dust also produces a good fit to Saturn's albedo if τext = 0.7 at 5000 Å. To match the increase in albedo shortward of 3500 Å, a clear layer (containing about 7 km-am H2) is required above the Axel dust. Such a layer is also required to explain the limb brightening in the ultraviolet. These models can be used to analyze the observed equivalent widths of the visible methane bands. The analysis yields an abundance of the order of 1000 m-am CH4 in Titan's atmosphere. The derived CH4/H2 mixing ratio for Saturn is about 3.5 × 10?3 or an enhancement of about 5 over the solar ratio. 相似文献
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Andrew T. Young 《Icarus》1977,32(1):1-26
A simple radiative-transfer theory that allows for the change in the absorptions of sulfur and carbon dioxide with depth in the atmosphere of Venus can account simultaneously for (1) the spectral reflectance of Venus; (2) the wavelength dependence of contrast in uv cloud features; (3) the CO2 line profile; (4) the change in slope of the curve of growth from the 7820- to the 10488-Å CO2 bands; and (5) the rotational temperature near 246°K found for all CO2 bands. The model cloud consists of 1-μm sulfuric-acid particles, which are well mixed between about 64 km and the 49-km cloud base found by Veneras 9 and 10, plus an overlapping cloud of much larger sulfur particles that extends down to the 35-km cloud base found by Venera 8. The mixing ratios (by number of molecules) below about 64 km are: H2O, 2 × 10?4; H2SO4, 10?5; and sulfur, 10?4. Although the cloud contains an order of magnitude more sulfur than sulfuric acid, the sulfur particles are an order of magnitude larger, and so have only about 1% of the number density of the acid droplets. The “black-white” radiative-transfer model assumes perfectly conservative scattering above the level (which depends on wavelength) where an absorber becomes “black” due to the local temperature and pressure. So-called homogeneous scattering models are inherently self-contradictory, and are inapplicable to planetary atmospheres; the vertical inhomogeneity is an essential feature that must be modeled correctly. The pressure of CO2 line formation is about half the pressure in the region where uv markings occur. 相似文献
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Radiation damage and luminescence, caused by magnetospheric charged particles, have been suggested by several authors as mechanisms for explaining some of the peculiar spectral/albedo features of Io. We have pursued this possibility by measuring the uv-visual spectral reflectance and luminescent efficiency of several proposed Io surface constituents during 2 to 10-keV proton irradiation at room temperature and at low temperature (120 < T < 140°K). The spectral reflectance of NaCl and KCl during proton irradiation exhibits the well-known F-center absorption bands at 4580 and 5560 Å. Na2SO4 shows a generalized darkening which increases toward longer wavelengths. NaNO3 shows a spectral reflectance change indicative of the partial alteration of NaNo3 to NaNo2. NaNO2 shows no change. The luminescent efficiencies of NaCl and KCl are ～10?4 at 300°K and increase by one-half order of magnitude at ～130°K. The efficiencies of K2CO3, Na2CO3, Na2SO4, and NaNO3 are 10?4, 10?4, 10?5 and 10?6, respectively, at 300°K and they all decrease by one-half order of magnitude at ～130°K. These results indicate that magnetospheric proton irradiation of Io could cause spectral features in its observed ultraviolet and visible reflection spectrum if salts such as those studied here are present on its surface. However, because the magnitude of these spectral effects is dependent on competing factors such as surface temperature, incident particle energy flux, solar bleaching effects, and trace element abundance, we are unable at this time to make a quantitative estimate of the strength of these spectral effects on Io. The luminescent efficiencies of pure samples that we have studied in the laboratory suggest that charged-particle induced luminescence from Io's surface might be observable by a spacecraft such as Voyager when viewing Io's dark side. 相似文献
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The large backscattering cross section of the particles composing the upper clouds on Venus suggests that a small quantity of high refractive index material is present in the clouds. We propose that this material is elemental sulfur and that sulfur also accounts for the absorption of uv-visible radiation at wavelengths outside of the SO2 absorption bands. A physical-chemical model of the clouds shows that sulfur, with a mass comparable to that of the observed Mode 1 particles, can be produced in oxygen-poor regions of the upper clouds and in rising air columns. Sulfur production from SO2 can be rapid, which explains the observed correlation between SO2 and the uv absorber. The sulfur is properly located to be the uv absorber uv absorber since its calculated concentration rapidly increases with depth in the upper clouds, but it is largely absent in the middle and lower clouds. Sulfur nucleation provides a means of generating the observed bimodal particle size distribution in the upper clouds. Chemical modeling shows that the sulfur vapor is rich in short-chain allotropes such as S3 and S4. These allotropes have absorption bands centered near 4000 and 5300 Å, respectively. We suggest that the sulfur particles on Venus are largely composed of S8, but also contain a few percent of S3 and S4. Such particles could account for the wavelength dependence of the albedo of Venus and for the solar energy deposition profile in the clouds. These allotropes are metastable and relax to S8 over periods of hours to days, providing a simple explanation for the relatively short lifetime of the uv absorber. 相似文献
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《Icarus》1987,70(1):111-123
Measurements of total yields, temperature dependences, mass spectra, and energy spectra of molecules sputtered from condensed sulfur (S8) at low temperatures by keV ions are reported and results are given for Jovian plasma ion bombardment of Io. A change in the reflectance of the sulfur, which can be removed by annealing, is produced by the most penetrating ions and may be connected with the darker, colder polar regions on Io. The measured sputtering yields are much lower than those estimated earlier for room temperature sulfur films but are comparable to previous measurements of keV ion sputtering of SO2 at low temperatures. The corrected mass spectrum indicates that ≈66% of the total yield corresponds to S2 ejection while only 5 and 16% correspond to S and S3, respectively. Therefore, if ions reach the surface of Io its atmosphere will have a non-negligible sulfur component of primarily S2. The ejection of S and S2 is temperature independent for temperatures characteristic of most of the surface of Io. The energy spectrum for S has an approximate 1/E2 dependence at high ejection energies, whereas S2 and S3 fall off more rapidly. Assuming 50% coverage of both sulfur and SO2 and a thin atmosphere (e.g., nightside and polar region) the direct sputter injection of sulfur atoms and molecules into the Jovian plasma torus and the indirect injection due to coronal processes are estimated. These injection rates for sulfur are compared to those for SO2 showing that injection from sulfur deposits contributes 13% to the total mass injection rate of ∼2–3 × 1029 amu/sec. 相似文献
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《Icarus》1986,66(3):455-467
The wavelength dependence (0.4 to 1.2 μm) of the phase coefficients of powdered samples of a basalt, the ordinary (L6) chondrite Bruderheim, and the carbonaceous chondrite Allende are shown to be qualitatively similar to the observed wavelength dependence of the phase coefficients of the Moon and S- and C-class asteroids, respectively. Model calculations of the surface roughness indicate that the systematic difference between the visual (λ = 0.55 μm) phase coefficients of S- and C-class asteroids reflects primarily differences in composition and not necessarily differences in surface roughness. On the average the large scale surface roughness of both S and C asteroids is comparable to that of the Moon. The wavelength dependence (0.4 to 0.7 μm) of three particle size fractions of sulfur (diameters < 10 μm, < 150 μm, and 420–850 μm) show that particle size effects are important modifiers of the phase coefficient. Large scale surface roughness at least comparable to that of the Moon is required to explain the phase curve of Io if elemental sulfur is a dominant surface material. 相似文献
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Solar phase curves between 0.3° and 6.0° and color ratios at wavelengths λ=0.336 μm and λ=0.555 μm for Saturn's rings are presented using recent Hubble Space Telescope observations. We test the hypothesis that the phase reddening of the rings is less due to collective properties of the ring particles than to the individual properties of the ring particles. We use a modified Drossart model, the Hapke model, and the Shkuratov model to model reddening by either intraparticle shadow-hiding on fractal and normal surfaces, multiple scattering, or some combination. The modified Drossart model (including only shadowing) failed to reproduce the data. The Hapke model gives fair fits, except for the color ratios. A detailed study of the opposition effect suggests that coherent backscattering is the principal cause of the opposition surge at very small phase angles. The shape of the phase curve and color ratios of each main ring regions are accurately represented by the Shkuratov model, which includes both a shadow-hiding effect and coherent backscatter enhancement. Our analysis demonstrates that in terms of particle roughness, the C ring particles are comparable to the Moon, but the Cassini division and especially the A and B ring particles are significantly rougher, suggesting lumpy particles such as often seen in models. Another conspicuous difference between ring regions is in the effective size d of regolith grains (d∼λ for the C ring particles, d∼1-10 μm for the other rings). 相似文献
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Isophotes of the luminance distribution over the disk of Venus at several phase angles and in several wavelengths are constructed by means of isodensitometry of high-quality photographic negatives of Venus. Twenty-three plates were selected from more than 2000 original negatives available at the IAU Planetary Photographs Center of Meudon Observatory. Six isophote maps were made from a series of yellow light images (λ = 5850Å), corresponding to phase angles from 22° to 129°. Special attention was paid to the rare occurrences of distinct features in yellow light. A sequence of isophote maps was taken in six wavelengths from λ = 5850 to 3250Å. The ultraviolet cloud markings appear as changes in the isophote configurations for different wavelengths. Variations of contrast with wavelengths are deduced. Dark features, almost invisible at 4500Å, reach a contrast of 25% at 3500Å which then no longer increases toward ultraviolet. The polar bright clouds give contrasts of 40% to 60% in ultraviolet. A series of images taken in ultraviolet at 3500Åshows configurations characteristic of observations at short wavelengths for both the waxing and the waning crescent.In Parts II and III of this series of papers, the isophote maps will be compared with theoretical curves computed from the theory of multiple-order scattering by aerosol particles. 相似文献
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Michael J. Price 《Icarus》1973,20(4):455-464
New measurements of the equivalent widths of the 4-0 S(0) and S(1) H2 quadrupole lines in the Uranian spectrum have been obtained using high dispersion (4.12 Å/mm) image-tube spectrography. The measured equivalent widths are for the S(0) and S(1) lines, respectively. Curve-of-growth analysis in terms of a reflecting layer model yields an H2 column-density of 780?330+940km amagat and a temperature of 78?24+80°K. Interpretation using a semi-infinite, homogeneous, isotropically scattering model for line formation yields a scattering mean free path at λ6400 Å of 550 ± 250 km amagat. Quoted errors for both the H2 column-density and the scattering mean free path include the effect of uncertainty in the choice of atmospheric temperature. The results are discussed in terms of current models for the Uranian atmosphere. 相似文献
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A spectrophotometric observational study of the Galilean satellites and Titan was carried out at 0.004-μm (40-Å) resolution over the spectral range 0.32 to 0.86 μm. A standard lunar area was used as a primary spectroscopic standard to establish the relative reflection spectra of the objects by ratioing the sky-corrected satellite spectra to the standard area on the Moon. J1 (Io) is found to have a spectral edge at 0.33 μm that has not been previously reported. The increase in reflectivity from 0.4 to 0.5 μm and the band at 0.56 μm are confirmed. A weak band at 0.56 μm is probable on J2 (Europa) and possible on J3 (Ganymede). J4 (Callisto) shows no spectral features that have not been previously reported. On Titan, no temporal variations in the methane bands greater than 2% were found, indicating that the effective path length in the Titan atmosphere did not change over the 3-month period of this study. A new absorption band of methane at 0.68 μm was found on Titan. We propose an extension of the evaporite model of Fanale et al. (1974, 1977) and the sulfur mixing models of Wamsteker et al. (1974) in which the primary constituent of the surface of J1 is elemental sulfur sublimated onto the surface by photodissociation of hydrogen sulfide outgassing from the interior. The sulfur is continually renewed by sublimation, sputtering, and redeposition. At low temperatures irradiation produces stable S2, S3, S4, S6, and long chain polymers. Some of these allotropes have an edge at 0.33 μm, a rising reflectance between 0.4 and 0.5 μm a band at 0.56 μm. All of these features are found in the spectrum of J1. We conclude that the lunar ratioing technique used in this study is well suited for determining the relative reflection spectra of solar system objects. 相似文献
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Using published data on Hß-,λ4471 Hel- and λ4686 Hell-line fluxes for planetary nebulae the energy distribution in their nuclei is calculated in the wavelength range 100–912 Å by supposing that 1) the spectrum inclination is the same in the regions of continuous absorption of Hl, Hel, and Hell atoms; and 2) discontinuities at 504 Å and 228 Å are present in the nuclei spectra. From 40 investigated nebulae, only for two nuclei the distribution in all three intervals 504–912 Å, 228–504 Å and λ ≦ 228 Å corresponds to one and the same temperature of black-body emission. In 24 cases the emission temperature is the same for the first and the second interval. The energy distribution in the wavelength range shorter than 228 Å corresponds systematically to very high temperatures T* > 100,000 K. It is concluded that the emission temperature over the surface of nuclei is markedly inhomogeneous and/or the nuclei of planetary nebulae possess a hot corona. 相似文献
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Two quiescent solar prominences were observed in July 2000 from SUMER aboard SOHO and from the two German solar telescopes at Tenerife. Two‐dimensional images taken at the VTT simultaneously in the spectral lines Hβ at 4862 Å and Ca II at 8542 Å show no significant spatial variation of their pressure‐sensitive emission ratio. Slit spectra of the Ca II 8542 Å and He I 10830 Å lines obtained at the Gregory‐Coudé telescope yield 8000 K < Tkin < 9000 K and 3 km/s < Vn–th < 8 km/s. Among the various spectral ranges observed with SUMER, we first investigate the Lyman emission lines, which were fitted by Gaussians yielding reliable spectral radiances and line widths for the series members 5 < k < 18. A determination of the level population gives for the lower series members a Boltzmann temperature of 60 000 K, the higher members being over‐populated. This temperature indicates an origin of the Lyman lines from hot surroundings of the cool prominence body seen in the ground‐based data; this also holds for the ‘hotter’ SUMER lines. 相似文献
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Data on interstellar extinction are interpreted to imply an identification of interstellar grains with naturally freeze-dried bacteria and algae. The total mass of such bacterial and algal cells in the galaxy is enormous, ～ 1040 g. The identification is based on Mie scattering calculations for an experimentally determined size distribution of bacteria. Agreement between our model calculations and astronomical data is remarkably precise over the wavelength intervals 1 μ-1 < λ-1 < 1.94 μ-1and 2.5 μ-1 < λ-1 < 3.0 μ-1. Over the more restricted waveband 4000–5000 Å an excess interstellar absorption is found which is in uncannily close agreement with the absorption properties of phytoplankton pigments. The strongest of the diffuse interstellar bands are provisionally assigned to carotenoid-chlorophyll pigment complexes such as exist in algae and pigmented bacteria. The λ2200 Å interstellar absorption feature could be due to `degraded' cellulose strands which form spherical graphitic particles, but could equally well be due to protein-lipid-nucleic acid complexes in bacteria and viruses. Interstellar extinction at wavelengths λ < 1800 Å could be due to scattering by virus particles. 相似文献
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It is shown that the well-known 2200 Å peak in the extinction of starlight is explained by microorganisms. A mixed culture of diatoms and bacteria, which previously we found to give excellent fits to astronomical data in the infrared, has a peak absorption slightly shortward of 2200 Å, in very close agreement with the absorptions found indirections towards most early-type stars. The peak absorption is measured to be ～ 35000 cm2g-1. This is in addition to a scattering component of the extinction which has an estimated value for dry microorganisms of ～ 50000 cm2g-1. The scattering calculated for a size distribution of non-absorbing hollow bacteria with irregularities on the scale of 300 Å produces agreement with both the visual extinction law and the observed λ-1 type extinction at the far ultraviolet. The contribution to the extinction from a pure scattering bacterial model is about 3.4 mag per kpc path length along the galactic plane at λ =2175 Å. Absorption near this wavelength effectively adds ～ 2.3 mag per kpc, making up precisely the observed total extinction at the peak of 5.7 mag per kpc. The full range of the interstellar extinction observations is now elegantly explained on the basis of a bacterial model alone with no added components or free parameters to be fitted. Photolysis has little effect on the bulk refractive index of the particles and so does not change the scattering component appreciably. But photolysis due to sufficient UV in space can reduce the effectiveness of the 2200 Å absorption in comparison with the scattering, thereby decreasing the height of the absorption peak. An extreme example of this is the Large Magellanic Cloud, where UV emission from a profusion of early-type stars has reduced the absorbance of the particles to about one-quarter of its value for most of our galaxy. The 2200 Å absorption has generally been attributed to small graphite particles. We explain how this belief has come about and why in the past we have been swayed by it. 相似文献
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The absolute cross-sections for the excitation of the 989 Å, 1027 Å, 7990 Å, 8446 Å, 1.1287 μm and 1.3164 μm multiplets of atomic oxygen by electron impact dissociation of O2 are reported. The radiative branching ratios for these transitions are calculated from these results and compared with the NBS compilation of Wiese et al. (1966) and the recent theoretical calculations of Pradhan and Saraph (1977). The cascade models of O+ radiative recombination and of electron-impact excitation of the OI(3S) state in the terrestrial airglow are discussed in the light of the laboratory measurements, and the effects of the resonant absorption of components of the λ 989 Å and λ. 1027 Å multiplets by the Birge-Hopfield band system of N2 are investigated. This process is shown to depend sensitively on the N2 vibrational temperature and to cause characteristic changes in the OI e.u.v. emission spectrum in auroras and in the sunlit F-region at high exospheric temperatures. It is also suggested that the λ 1027 Å radiation observed in auroral spectra is actually due to molecular nitrogen band emission that has been enhanced by entrapment effects and not to the excitation of the 2p 3P-3d 3D0 transition of atomic oxygen as believed previously. 相似文献