INDEX OF REFRACTION OF EXCITED MONATOMIC GASES.

Abstract

The average polarizability per particle is formulated for an excited monatomic gas. In contrast to the usual procedure of neglecting excited state contributions, a lower bound is obtained considering only atomic excited states. The result shows that for an equilibrium argon plasma previous values of the effective polarizability may be too small by at least a factor of two. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0641387

Entities

People

  • R. A. Rudd

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Contrast
  • Mental Processes
  • Optical Properties
  • Particles
  • Perception
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics