Accession Number:
AD0285033
Title:
A CRITERION FOR ASSESSING METHODS OF PRODUCING NON-EQUILIBRIUM IONIZATION
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
PARSONS (C A) AND CO LTD NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE (ENGLAND)
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Report Date:
1962-08-01
Pagination or Media Count:
1.0
Abstract:
The ratio, n, of the energy required to produce one more ion-electron pair in a gas at a given temperature by a non-equilibrium method to that required by thermal ionization forms the basis for assessment of the non-equilibrium method. The proposed criterion is that n is less than or equals 1. The case of photoionization of caesium-helium mixtures is considered as an example of the method. Author