VARIATION OF ELECTRON DENSITY AND NEUTRAL GAS DENSITY ALONG A PLASMA COLUMN.

Abstract

The axial variation of the electron density and the neutral gas density along a mercury plasma column were measured. The electron density was determined from measurements of the shift of the resonance frequency of a cylindrical microwave cavity operating in the TM sub 010-mode. From measurement of the attenuation of mercury resonance line radiation at 2537A the neutral gas density was determined. Both the electron and the neutral gas densities were found to increase towards the anode. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 15, 1966
Accession Number
AD0631843

Entities

People

  • Ake Nord

Organizations

  • Royal Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attenuation
  • Charged Particles
  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Fermions
  • Frequency
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Leptons
  • Measurement
  • Microwaves
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Radiation
  • Resonance

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry
  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics