4a engse ma. an “2 1. 10,0008KEEVINE . “1.2f- . sO : 2. ‘1 6b : c(TOTAL)ee "re we SLOPE® 5850 #. OX. . nn : - 2 En _ ENERGY(WAVENUMBERS), rose" . oO Oo : mo Fig. 4.7—~-Graph of rotational energy ve log, [Aas + 1)) for SR o-18 band Oy of Tumbler-Snapper 3 and Kings. te ee en T ae SSOG*KELVIN: .. . The excitation of atomic oxygen to the high electronic level necessary for absorption by: . the triplet at about 7770 A is very large and may involve mechanism different from thermal excitation, However, these linea may have a relatively large intrinsic transition probability. © 4.6 AMOUNT OF ABSORPTION As already presented, Tables 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, and 4.6 give comparisonof the strengths of absorption for various molecules, and, by totaling the intensities given, it is possible to compare the amounts or yields of absorbing materials t excited to the initial vibrational and rotational levels for the various shots. 4.8.1 Oxygen . . . Le Table 4.2 shows the much greater. yield of absorbing O, for a total-time shot like Tumber-Snapper 3 compared to the early-timed Buster Charlie. Table 4.3 shows that King from.1.0 toz.1.1 sec produced more than twice as much absorbingO, in the 0-15 band as did Tumbler~-. Snapper 3 over the life of the flreball.. In Table-4.4, if the rough absorption values for three shots are compared for the same J value, it is shown that in Mike the values are greatest whereas in Tumbler-Snapper 3 they are the least.- 32: