Kinetics and thermalization of hot N(4S) atoms in the upper atmosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A8, 2000, Pages 18549-18555

  Balakrishnan, N ^a,c   Sergueeva, E ^a,b,c   Kharchenko, V ^a,c   Dalgarno, A ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

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EID: 39449084330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000296     Document Type: Article

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