Polarization Spectroscopy of Ionized Gases (Hardcover)

From the Publisher: Describes the physical principles of a technique for the remote sensing of ionized gases, both low-pressure gas discharges in the laboratory and non-thermal processes in the solar atmosphere, to quantify energy transport and dissipation. Considers the basic phenomena of the ordering of the velocities of fast exciting charged particles, then describes the polarization of the outer electron shells of excited atoms or molecules and a variety of effects that have been observed. Also derives and provides methods for solving an integral equation that gives the intensity and polarization of emitted lines. No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.