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Total and component-dependent heating efficiencies due to the electron impact processes (5) in the H2H transition region in the upper atmosphere of HD 209458b. The solid line represents the total ηphoto, the dashed line shows the inner state excitation and ionization of H, the dotted line represents the excitation and ionization of H2 and He.

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