Thermalization of fast nitrogen atoms in elastic and inelastic collisions with molecules of atmospheric gases

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-106

  Kharchenko, V ^a   Balakrishnan, N ^a   Dalgarno, A ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

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EID: 0042208876     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(97)82763-0     Document Type: Article

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