The last resolvable line in the hydrogen spectrum
Abstract
A formula is derived which makes it possible to determine the electron concentration in a plasma from the number of the extreme resolved line when there is line broadening from the combined Stark effect and the Doppler effect. The formula is applied to a series of hydrogen line shapes, and the conditions for its validity are discussed.
- Publication:
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Astronomicheskii Zhurnal
- Pub Date:
- August 1974
- Bibcode:
- 1974AZh....51..892K
- Keywords:
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- Electron Density (Concentration);
- Hydrogen Plasma;
- Line Spectra;
- Plasma Diagnostics;
- Spectral Resolution;
- Doppler Effect;
- H Lines;
- Spectral Line Width;
- Stark Effect;
- Plasma Physics