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Mechanistic investigations of shuttle glowA series of laboratory measurements have been performed in order to provide a mechanistic interpretation for the visible shuttle glow. These studies involved interactions of an 8 km/s oxygen atom beam with both contaminant dosed surfaces and gaseous targets. We conclude that visible shuttle glow arises from surface mediated O + NO recombination via a Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism and that the gas-phase exchange reaction O + N2 - NO + N provides a viable source of precursor NO above surfaces oriented in the ram direction.
Document ID
19930046808
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Caledonia, G. E. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Holtzclaw, K. W. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Krech, R. H. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Sonnenfroh, D. M. (Physical Sciences, Inc. Andover, MA, United States)
Leone, A. (Lockheed Research Labs. Palo Alto, CA, United States)
Blumberg, W. A. M. (USAF, Phillips Lab. Hanscom AFB, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 98
Issue: A3
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Astronautics (General)
Accession Number
93A30805
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-38475
CONTRACT_GRANT: F19628-88-C-0069
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Public
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