Introduction to Plasma Spectroscopy

• Main Author: Kunze, Hans-Joachim (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 56
• Subjects: Physics.; Nuclear fusion.; Atoms.; Matter.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.; Plasma Physics.; Nuclear Fusion.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.

 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 ranging from low- to high-density technical systems at low temperatures, as well as from low- to high-density hot plasmas. Basic ideas and fundamental concepts are introduced as well as typical instrumentation from the X-ray to the infrared spectral regions. Examples, techniques and methods illustrate the possibilities. This book directly addresses the experimentalist who actually has to carry out the experiments and their interpretation. For that reason about half of the book is devoted to experimental problems, the instrumentation, components, detectors and calibration. 

 Quantities of Spectroscopy -- Spectroscopic Instruments -- Detectors -- Calibration -- Radiative Processes in Plasmas -- Collisional Processes -- Kinetics of the Population of Atomic Levels in Plasmas -- Line Broadening -- Diagnostic Applications.