Fujimoto T., Iwamae A. (Eds) Plasma Polarization Spectroscopy

Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2008. – 395 p.
Excited atoms and ions in a plasma produce line radiation, and continuumstate electrons emit continuum radiation. This radiation has been the subject of traditional plasma spectroscopy: the observed spectral distributions of the radiation or the intensities of the line and continuum radiation are reduced to the populations of electrons in the excited or continuum states, and these populations are interpreted in terms of the state of the plasma. As the word intensity suggests, it is implicitly assumed that this radiation is unpolarized. This is equivalent to assuming that the plasma is isotropic. If the plasma is under a magnetic and/or electric field, however, this assumption naturally breaks down: the atoms and ions are subjected to the Zeeman or Stark effect. A spectral line splits into several components and each component is polarized according to the field. This polarization is due to the anisotropy of the space in which the atoms or ions are present.Introduction - T. Fujimoto
Zeeman and Stark Effects - M. Goto
Plasma Spectroscopy - T. Fujimoto
Population-Alignment Collisional-Radiative Model - T. Fujimoto
Definition of Cross Sections for the Creation, Destruction, and Transfer of Atomic Multipole Moments by Electron Scattering: Quantum Mechanical Treatment - G. Csanak, D.P. Kilcrease, D.V. Fursa, and I. Bray
Collision Processes - T. Fujimoto
Radiation Reabsorption - T. Fujimoto
Experiments: Ionizing Plasma - T. Fujimoto, E.O. Baronova, and A. Iwamae
Experiments: Recombining Plasma - A. Iwamae
Various Plasmas - Y.W. Kim, T. Kawachi, and P. Hakel
Polarized Atomic Radiative Emission in the Presence of Electric and Magnetic Fields - V.L. Jacobs
Astrophysical Plasmas - R. Casini and E. Landi Degl’Innocenti
Electromagnetic Waves - R.M. More, T. Kato, Y.S. Kim, and M.G. Baik
Instrumentation I - A. Iwamae
Instrumentation II - E.O. Baronova, M.M. Stepanenko, and L. Jakubowski
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