Published May 1993
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Journal article
Increasing the yield of metastable argon effusing from a Penning discharge by using an external magnetic field
Creators
Description
Previously we have used a Penning discharge as a source of metastable argon f or time-of-flight scattering experiments. Currently we report on an increase of the metastable argon yield produced by the addition of a solenoid around the discharge source. This yield has been measured for a range of discharge pressure, voltage and current for magnetic field strengths from 0 to 31 mT. The argon metastable atom intensity observed in the effusive beam increases to a maximum value which is about ten times the zero field case
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Bulletin of the American Physical Society
- Journal Volume
- 38
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1102.ME76.
- ISSN
- 0003-0503
- CODEN
- BAPSA6
Conference
- Title
- 1993 American Physical Society annual meeting on atomic, molecular, and topical physics.
- Dates
- 16-19 May 1993.
- Place
- Reno, NV (United States).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 27079261
- Subject category
- S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ARGON; MAGNETIC FIELDS; METASTABLE STATES; PENNING DISCHARGES; YIELDS
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY LEVELS; EXCITED STATES; NONMETALS; RARE GASES
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-9305421--.