Determination of the Excited State Density of an Optically Thick Line

TitleDetermination of the Excited State Density of an Optically Thick Line
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1986
AuthorsBerman, Sam M., and R. W. Richardson
Secondary TitleJournal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiation Transfer
Volume37
Number5
Pagination471-475
Publication Languageeng
Call NumberLBL-21475
Abstract

The transverse profile of the monochromatic radiance of an optically thick resonance linesfrom a cylindrical discharge is inverted exactly to give the radial distribution of radiatingsatoms. In contrast to the Abel transform, this result is valid for all optical depths.

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