Иванов В.Е. Прохождение электронных и протонно-водородных пучков в атмосфере Земли. Апатиты, 2001.

CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................... ...11 CHAPTER 1. AURORAL е-р -H PARTICLES IN THE HIGH LATITUDE ATMOSPHERE OF THE EARTH..................................................................... 13 1.1. High latitude ionosphere and characteristics o f e-p-H beams.....................13 1.2. Models of e-p-H particle transport in the Earth’s atmosphere....................18 1.2.1. Models o f auroral electron transport ................................................. ..18 1.2.2. Models o f auroral proton transport ................................................... ..19 1.3. Specific features o f modeling of auroral beams’ transport in the Earth’s atmosphere...................................................................................... ....20 CHAPTER 2. COLLISIONAL INTERACTION OF ELECTRONS WITH MAIN ATMOSPHERIC GASES........................................................................25 2.1. Differential, integral and total cross-sections................................................ 25 2.2. Cross-sections of electron scattering by atomic oxygen.......................... ....26 2.2.1. Elastic scattering. .....................................................................................27 2.2.2. Excitation o f electronic states ............................................................. ... 28 2.2.3. Ionization ............................................................................................... ....33 2.2.4. Total cross-sections ..................................................................................34 2.3. Cross-sections of electron scattering by molecular oxygen.........................35 2.3.1. Elastic scattering ......................................................................................35 2.3.2. Excitation o f vibrational levels ........................................................... ... 36 2.3.3. Excitation o f electronic states .................................................................37 2.3.4. Dissociation attachment and dissociation ............................................41 2.3. 5. Ionization ................................................................................................ ...42 2.3.6. Total cross-section ................................................................................... 45 2.4. Cross-sections of electron scattering by molecular nitrogen.......................45 2.4.1. Elastic scattering ................................................................................... ...46 2.4.2. Excitation o f vibrational levels ........................................................... ....46 2.4.3. Excitation o f electronic states .............................................................. ..47 2.4.4. Ionization ................................................................................................ ...52 2.4.5. Dissociation ...............................................................................................55 2.4.6. Total cross-section ................................................................................... 56 2.5. Differential cross-sections of elastic scattering.............................................57 2.6. Differential cross-sections of ionization.........................................................61 2.7. Energy loss function..........................................................................................63 CHAPTER 3. COLLISIONAL INTERACTION OF PROTONS AND HYDROGEN ATOMS WITH MAIN ATMOSPHERIC GASES.............. ...66 3.1. Cross-sections of interaction of protons and hydrogen atoms with atmospheric gases............................................................................................ 66 3.2. Cross-sections of charge exchange reactions............................................. ... 66 3.3. Cross-sections of ionization.......................................................................... ..70 3.4. Cross-sections of hydrogen emissions' excitation...................................... ..72 3.5. Cross-sections of excitation of atmospheric components' emissions.........77 3.6. Cross-sections of elastic scattering.............................................................. .. 82 3.7. Angle scattering o f protons and hydrogen atoms...................................... ...83 3.8. Energy loss function...................................................................................... ...87 CHAPTER 4. MODELING OF ELECTRON AND PROTON-HYDROGEN BEAM TRANSPORT IN GASES BY MONTE CARLO METHOD........................91 4.1. Model formalism............................................................................................ ..91 4.2. Determining the free path length....................................................................92 8