Transient neutral depletion in a constricted low-pressure mercury discharge measured by ultraviolet absorption

4 October 1968

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 4 (20) , 426
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19680334

Abstract

The temporal variation of the density of neutral mercury atoms in the constriction of a pulsed mercury discharge has been measured during the passage of a 36A, 50 μs current pulse by the method of resonance radiation absorption. A depletion rising to a maximum of 82% has been detected.

Keywords

LOW PRESSURE

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REVIEW: Resonance Radiation and Excited Atoms
The Astrophysical Journal, 1934