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IN NATURE of September 18 and 25, McLennan and his collaborators have published statements regarding the origin of the auroral spectrum which call for some remarks. Dealing with the N2-band from solid nitrogen, they confirm the result which I published in June 1925, showing that N2 consists of a number of components. Applying this to the auroral problem they say (p. 409):
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VEGARD, L. Luminescence from Solid Nitrogen, and the Auroral Spectrum. Nature 118, 801 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118801a0
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