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Determining the radial distribution of the emission coefficient from a plasma source

C. GAVRILĂ1,* , I. GRUIA2, C. P. LUNGU3

Affiliation

  1. Faculty of Building Services and Equipment, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Romania
  2. Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, Romania
  3. National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics

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