Plasma Radiation Effects.

Abstract

Shock tube experiments and theoretical results are presented for continuous and line radiation from 2 to 15 micrometers in an oxygen plasma around 10,000K. The experimental effort also includes results for neon and argon and shows clear evidence of line emission around 7.5 micrometers predicted by theory. The theoretical effort includes calculation of continuous (Kramer's and neutral bremsstrahlung) and line radiation from an equilibrium oxygen plasma, and solution of the long-standing puzzle concerning the existence of a strong 4 micrometers line in all the gases studied by Taylor and Caledonia. In fact, a series of prominent lines, of which this is one, is predicted to be present in the infrared spectra of all atoms.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 06, 1975
Accession Number
ADA009341

Entities

People

  • C. W. Von Rosenberg Jr.
  • H. Hyman
  • R. T. V. Kung

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bremsstrahlung
  • Diffraction
  • Electromagnetic Spectra
  • Emission
  • Infrared Spectra
  • Micrometers
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Effects
  • Shock Tubes
  • Spectra
  • Tubes
  • Wave Phenomena

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Spectroscopy.