Quantum Calculation of the Vibrational Excitation of Nitrogen Molecules by Fast Ions: Can It Contribute to STEVE Formation?
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Abstract
Abstract The vibrational‐translational (VT) excitation of nitrogen molecules led by collisions with fast ions in subauroral ion drifts (SAID) has been conceived as a potential underlying mechanism contributing to the formation of the Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement (STEVE) phenomenon (Harding et al., 2020, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020gl087102 ). In this study, we perform quantum calculations of the VT excitation rates of N 2 led by fast‐drifting ions, and evaluate the resulting vibrational distribution of N 2 with ionospheric/thermospheric parameters expected under intense SAID condition. We conclude that, while the VT energy transfer led by SAID plays a distinguishable role in the vibrational excitation of N 2 , it is incapable of populating the high vibrational levels to the required concentration (Harding et al., 2020, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020gl087102 ) to produce adequate nitric oxide density, and in turn the nitrogen‐dioxide continuum intensity, to account for the STEVE brightness.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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