Dr. Laurence Campbell
- Institution
- School of Chemistry, Physics and Earth Sciences, Flinders University
- Expertise
- Computational modelling of electron impact in planetary atmospheres
- Research in the Centre
- After completing a PhD at the University of Adelaide in Atmospheric Physics, Laurence Campbell has been involved since 1994 in computational analysis of electron scattering from gases. This has included the unfolding of the contribution of multiple electronic states to electron energy loss spectra, and computational analysis of the role of electron impact in atmospheric processes. The latter has included predictions of auroral parameters, densities of and infrared emsisions from nitric oxide in the upper atmosphere, and electron cooling rates in the atmospheres of Mars and Venus. The computations have required the development of equilibrium and nonequilibrium methods, plus ways to combine these two. Current work includes the application of recent measurements of electron impact excitation of carbon monoxide to studies of emissions from comets.
- Email
- Laurence.Campbell@flinders.edu.au
