A SHOCK TUBE STUDY OF ATOMIC CARBON RADIATION.

Abstract

Observations of the emission of the atomic carbon line at 2478 A have been made in shock heated mixtures of CO, CH4 and CF4 in Ar and Ne. A lower bound for the Einstein transition probability was found. The mechanism of excitation is discussed and it appears that electrons may be the main collision partner. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0684128

Entities

People

  • A. R. Fairbairn

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Collisions
  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Emission
  • Excitation
  • Fermions
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Observation
  • Probability
  • Radiation
  • Shock Tubes
  • Subatomic Particles
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics