Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to determine the radial distribution of the emission coefficient from the measured intensity
distribution emitted by an extended source of radiation, particularly a plasma source. The source is assumed to be optically
thin and axially symmetrical. This problem is solved by inverting Abel’s integral equation. A smoothing procedure is made
on the experimental curve in order to attenuate the random errors before computing the derivative. The integral is
calculated analytically in a small interval on the right of the discontinuity point; the other part is estimated numerically in
Scilab program.
Keywords
Radial distribution, Plasma source, Abel’s integral equation, Scilab.
Citation
C. GAVRILĂ, I. GRUIA, C. P. LUNGU, Determining the radial distribution of the emission coefficient from a plasma source, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 3, 8, August 2009, pp.835-838 (2009).
Submitted at: June 14, 2009
Accepted at: July 31, 2009