Introduction to Plasma Spectroscopy

• Main Author: Kunze, Hans-Joachim. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 56
• Subjects: Physics.; Nuclear fusion.; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.; Plasma Physics.; Nuclear Fusion.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02233-3

Although based on lectures given for graduate students and postgraduates starting in plasma physics, this concise introduction to the fundamental processes and tools is as well directed at established researchers who are newcomers to spectroscopy and seek quick access to the diagnostics of plasmas r...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Quantities of Spectroscopy
• 3. Spectroscopic Instruments
• 4. Detectors
• 5. Calibration
• 6. Radiative Processes in Plasmas
• 7. Collisional Processes
• 8. Kinetics of the Population of Atomic Levels in Plasmas
• 9. Line Broadening
• 10. Diagnostic Applications.