Abstract:T HE atmospheric bands of oxygen result from an intercombination magnetic dipole transition with a probability of only 0.14 sec -1 . 1 Although well known in the solar absorption spectrum, this system was not observed in emission until 1947, when Kaplan 2 reported the (0, 0) and (0, 1) bands in an oxygenenriched nitrogen afterglow. Subsequently, the bands have been produced in emission in 3 in He discharge with a trace of O2, 4 and in a high pressure glow discharge in pure O2. 5 In addition the (0, 1) band is … Show more
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