Absolute measurements of electron impact excitation cross-sections of atoms using cavity ringdown spectroscopy

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 165-169

  Sahay, Peeyush ^a   Wang, Chuji ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Cavity ringdown spectroscopy; Electron impact excitation cross section; Plasma

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; PLASMAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ABSOLUTE MEASUREMENTS; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CAVITY RING-DOWN SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON-IMPACT EXCITATION; EXTERNAL CALIBRATION; METASTABLE ENERGY; METASTABLE LEVELS; POPULATION DENSITIES;

POPULATION STATISTICS; ABSORPTION;

MERCURY; NEON;

ABSOLUTE POPULATION DENSITY; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CAVITY RINGDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON IMPACT EXCITATION CROSS SECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; GAS TEMPERATURE; GROUND STATE POPULATION DENSITY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; METASTABLE ENERGY LEVEL; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; POPULATION DENSITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ATOM; CALIBRATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84907331279     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: 18790895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2014.07.005     Document Type: Article

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