TY - JOUR
T1 - Excited-state densities in a multi-cathode-spot Cd vacuum arc
AU - Goldsmith, S.
AU - Shalev, S.
AU - Boxman, R. L.
PY - 1981/3
Y1 - 1981/3
N2 - An experimental study of Cd I and Cd II excited-state densities in the interelectrode plasma of a multi-cathode-spot Cd vacuum arc is presented. Current pulses of 1.2 kA peak, 0.65 ms HAFW were passed between 12 mm diameter Cd electrodes spaced 4 mm apart and located in a vacuum chamber. Absolute time and space resolved line intensities were measured using a calibrated lens-monochromator-photomultiplier system. Peak excited-state densities ranging from 1016 to 1019m-3 were observed. Excited-state densities generally decreased as a function of distance from the cathode. The time at which the peak excited-state density occurs increased as a function of distance from the cathode, and decreased as a function of excitation energy. Cd II peaks occurred before Cd I peaks. Cd I excited-state densities and most Cd II excited-state densities could be related empirically through the Boltsmann distribution with distribution temperatures of 0.6-0.9 and 1.1-1.5 eV, respectively, though some Cd II states (6-11g2G) sometimes displayed inverted populations.
AB - An experimental study of Cd I and Cd II excited-state densities in the interelectrode plasma of a multi-cathode-spot Cd vacuum arc is presented. Current pulses of 1.2 kA peak, 0.65 ms HAFW were passed between 12 mm diameter Cd electrodes spaced 4 mm apart and located in a vacuum chamber. Absolute time and space resolved line intensities were measured using a calibrated lens-monochromator-photomultiplier system. Peak excited-state densities ranging from 1016 to 1019m-3 were observed. Excited-state densities generally decreased as a function of distance from the cathode. The time at which the peak excited-state density occurs increased as a function of distance from the cathode, and decreased as a function of excitation energy. Cd II peaks occurred before Cd I peaks. Cd I excited-state densities and most Cd II excited-state densities could be related empirically through the Boltsmann distribution with distribution temperatures of 0.6-0.9 and 1.1-1.5 eV, respectively, though some Cd II states (6-11g2G) sometimes displayed inverted populations.
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U2 - 10.1016/0378-4363(81)90041-3
DO - 10.1016/0378-4363(81)90041-3
M3 - מאמר
AN - SCOPUS:0018986510
VL - 104
SP - 107
EP - 115
JO - Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter & C: Atomic, Molecular and Plasma Physics, Optics
JF - Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter & C: Atomic, Molecular and Plasma Physics, Optics
SN - 0378-4363
IS - 1-2
ER -