Investigations in the vacuum ultraviolet of a steady state nitrogen plasma
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Authors
Beam, James Carlin
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Advisors
Cooper, A.W.
Date of Issue
1969-06
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Monterey, California. U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
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en_US
Abstract
In preparation for studies of shock waves in a collisionless
plasma, a grazing incidence vacuum spectrograph has been used to
study the vacuum ultraviolet spectra of a nitrogen plasma. The
spectra are formed by a concave grating with a 1-meter radius of
curvature and recorded on Kodak SWR (Shortwave-Radiation) Film.
Analysis of the spectra was by comparison with helium and argon
spectra, with intensity information from densitometric measurement
using a Leeds and Northrup recording densitometer. Relative
intensity determination provides an electron temperature evaluation
technique.
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Thesis
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Physics
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Naval Postgraduate School
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This work was partially supported by Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, under order number P.O. 7-0034.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.