Luminescence from liquid helium excited by corona discharges

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 742-750

  Li, Z L ^a   Bonifaci, N ^a   Aitken, F ^a   Denat, A ^a   Von Haeften, K ^b   Atrazhev, V M ^c   Shakhatov, V A ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

^d TOPCHIEV INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Corona discharge; Excimer helium; Helium spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; CORONA DISCHARGE; CORONA DISCHARGES; EXCIMER; EXCIMER HELIUM; EXCITED ATOMS; HIGH VOLTAGE; LINES AND BANDS; LIQUID HELIUM; PRESSURE-BROADENING; RED-SHIFTED; WIDTHS AND SHIFTS;

ATOMS; ELECTRIC CORONA; GAS DISCHARGE TUBES; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LIGHT; LIQUEFIED GASES; PLASMAS; RADIOACTIVITY; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

HELIUM;

EID: 67651177817     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2009.5128514     Document Type: Conference Paper

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