Radiation Analysis for Two Trajectory Points of the Fire II Entry

Table 1

Summary of the collisional-radiative mechanisms implemented for N and O in N₂–O₂ mixtures.

Species	CR mechanisms	Models
N	Electron impact excitation	(a) Frost et al. [21]
		(b) Gryziński [22]
	Electron impact ionization	(a) Soon and Kunc [23]
		(b) Panesi [24]
	Radiative decay	NIST ASD [16]
O	Electron impact excitation	(a) Zatsarinny and Tayal [25]
		(b) Gryziński [22]
	Electron impact ionization	(a) Soon and Kunc [23]
		(b) Panesi [24]
	Radiative decay	NIST ASD [16]