Mercury-free HID headlamps: Glare and colour rendering

Lighting Research and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-40

  Sivak, M ^a   Schoettle, B ^a   Flannagan, M J ^a   Rumar, Kar̊e ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DISCHARGE LAMPS; GLARE; HEADLIGHTS; LIGHT SOURCES;

CHROMATICITIES; COLOUR RENDERING; HEADLAMPS; MERCURY-FREE HIGH-INTENSITY DISCHARGE (HID); RETROREFLECTIVE TRAFFIC MATERIALS;

MERCURY VAPOR LAMPS;

EID: 33644905868     PISSN: 14771535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1365782806li154oa     Document Type: Article

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