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H_2_ d^3^{Pi}_u_ excitation by electron impact

Short name: J/ApJ/818/120
IVOA Identifier: ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/818/120
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): 10.26093/cds/vizier.18180120
Publisher: CDS[+][Pub. ID]
More Info: https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/818/120
VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Status: active
Registered: 2016 May 27 13:45:42Z
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Electron-impact excitation of H_2_ triplet states plays an important role in the heating of outer planet upper thermospheres. The d^3^{Pi}_u_ state is the third ungerade triplet state, and the d^3^{Pi}_u_-a^3^{Sigma}_g_^+^ emission is the largest cascade channel for the a^3^{Sigma}_g_^+^ state. Accurate energies of the d^3^{Pi}_u_^-^(v, J) levels are calculated from an ab initio potential energy curve. Radiative lifetimes of the d^3^{Pi}_u_(v,J) levels are obtained by an accurate evaluation of the d^3^{Pi}_u_-a^3^{Sigma}_g_^+^ transition probabilities. The emission yields are determined from experimental lifetimes and calculated radiative lifetimes and are further verified by comparing experimental and synthetic d^3^{Pi}_u_-a^3^{Sigma}_g_^+^ spectra at 20eV impact energy. Spectral analysis revealed that multipolar components beyond the dipolar term are required to model the X^1^{Sigma}_g_^+^-d^3^{Pi}_u_ excitation, and significant cascade excitation occurs at the d^3^{Pi}_u_ (v=0,1) levels. Kinetic energy (E_k_) distributions of H atoms produced via predissociation of the ^3^{Pi}_u_ state and the d^3^{Pi}_u_-a^3^{Sigma}_g_^+^-b^3^{Sigma}_u_^+^ cascade dissociative emission are obtained. Predissociation of the d^3^{Pi}_u_ state produces H atoms with an average E_k_ of 2.3+/-0.4 eV/atom, while the E_k_distribution of the d^3^{Pi}_u_-a^3^{Sigma}_g_^+^-b^3^{Sigma}_u_^+^ channel is similar to that of the X^1^{Sigma}_g_^+^-a^3^{Sigma}_g_^+^-b^3^{Sigma}_u_^+^ channel and produces H(1s) atoms with an average E_k_ of 1.15+/-0.05eV/atom. On average, each H_2_ excited to the d^3^{Pi}_u_ state in an H_2_-dominated atmosphere deposits 3.3+/-0.4eV into the atmosphere, while each H_2_directly excited to the a^3^{Sigma}_g_^+^ state gives 2.2-2.3eV to the atmosphere. The spectral distribution of the calculated a^3^{Sigma}_g_^+^-b^3^{Sigma}_u_^+^ continuum emission due to the X^1^{Sigma}_g_^+^-d^3^{Pi}_u_ excitation is significantly different from that of direct a^3^{Sigma}_g_^+^ excitation.

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