Abstract
The development of the theory of the 5577 Å emission from the upper atmosphere is reviewed. Evidence from both aeronomy and chemical kinetics shows that the Barth mechanism is a much more important source of O( 1 S) than in the Chapman process. The molecular oxygen state involved is probably c 1 Σ − u (the upper state of the Herzberg II band system).
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