Transient neutral depletion in a constricted low-pressure mercury discharge measured by ultraviolet absorption |
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| Authors: | Aitken J.E. Sander K.F. |
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| Affiliation: | University of Cambridge, Engineering Department, Cambridge, UK; |
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| Abstract: | The temporal variation of the density of neutral mercury atoms in the constriction of a pulsed mercury discharge has been measured during the passage of a 36A, 50 ?s current pulse by the method of resonance radiation absorption. A depletion rising to a maximum of 82% has been detected. |
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