Dynamic Characteristics of the Plasma in Discharges through Rare Gases
- 15 September 1952
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 87 (6), 922-930
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.87.922
Abstract
The time variation of ion concentration in the plasma of flash discharges through neon and argon at low pressures has been determined from the Stark broadening of and lines. Hydrogen gas at about 1 percent of the total pressure was used for this purpose. A special method of oscilloscopic observation is employed. Analysis of the results explains differences in the time of appearance of various types of radiation in the discharge. A mechanism is proposed to account for the time variation of the intense continuum.
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