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Bound-free spectra for diatomic molecules
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Schwenke, David W. |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Description | It is now recognized that prediction of radiative heating of entering space craft requires explicit treatment of the radiation field from the infrared (IR) to the vacuum ultra violet (VUV). While at low temperatures and longer wavelengths, molecular radiation is well described by bound-bound transitions, in the short wavelength, high temperature regime, bound-free transitions can play an important role. In this work we describe first principles calculations we have carried out for bound-bound and bound-free transitions in N2, O2, C2, CO, CN, NO, and N2+. Compared to bound ]bound transitions, bound-free transitions have several particularities that make them different to deal with. These include more complicated line shapes and a dependence of emission intensity on both bound state diatomic and atomic concentrations. These will be discussed in detail below. The general procedure we used was the same for all species. The first step is to generate potential energy curves, transition moments, and coupling matrix elements by carrying out ab initio electronic structure calculations. These calculations are expensive, and thus approximations need to be made in order to make the calculations tractable. The only practical method we have to carry out these calculations is the internally contracted multi-reference configuration interaction (icMRCI) method as implemented in the program suite Molpro. This is a widely used method for these kinds of calculations, and is capable of generating very accurate results. With this method, we must first of choose which electrons to correlate, the one-electron basis to use, and then how to generate the molecular orbitals. |
| File Size | 773711 |
| Page Count | 21 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20120015908 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4gn36c86 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2012-06-25 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Atomic And Molecular Physics Potential Energy Spacecraft Reentry Energy Spectra Molecular Orbitals Diatomic Molecules Electron Transitions Electron Spin Electronic Structure Nitrogen Ions Nitrous Oxides Carbon Monoxide Oxygen Ions Radiative Heat Transfer Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
