Radiation from Hydrogen-Argon Mixtures.

Abstract

The emission of short wavelength visible light from argon-hydrogen mixtures irradiated by a pulsed 1.7 MeV electron beam has been studied, as well as the absorption of 4416A radiation in the mixture. Absorption was found to increase faster than linearly with increased argon pressure. A new multipass gain or absorption measuring technique was devised which measures small amounts of gain with high sensitivity. At the highest excited state density obtained, 3 x 10 to the 13th power /cc, the absorption in argon-hydrogen mixtures is positive.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 18, 1974
Accession Number
ADA003646

Entities

People

  • A. Besse
  • A. Cohn
  • A. G. Rubin

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Emission
  • Fermions
  • Hydrogen
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Radiation
  • Sensitivity
  • Short Wavelengths
  • Visible Spectra

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Directed Energy
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