Accession Number:

AD0610946

Title:

INTERACTION OF RADIATION AND MATTER IN A PLASMA.

Descriptive Note:

Final technical rept. for Sep 61-Aug 64,

Corporate Author:

YALE UNIV NEW HAVEN CONN OBSERVATORY

Personal Author(s):

• Oster,Ludwig

Report Date:

1964-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

48.0

Abstract:

The following areas are treated 1 The radiation spectrum emitted under the simultaneous action of Coulomb forces and an external magnetic field. 2 The radiation emitted by free particles in the neighborhood of the plasma frequency where the collective behavior of the plasma electrons becomes the dominant factor. 3 The radiative transfer problem in dispersive media which relates the observable spectrum of a plasma source to the internal parameters, such as temperature and density. 4 Departures from thermodynamic equilibrium in continuous energy states, when the radiative interactions can be separated from collisional transitions. 5 Relativistic corrections that turned out to be negligible under the conditions envisaged in the preceding paragraphs. Author

Descriptors:

• (*PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION)
• (*ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
• ELECTRONS)
• (*ELECTRONS
• ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION)
• BREMSSTRAHLUNG
• RELATIVITY THEORY
• PERTURBATION THEORY
• MAGNETIC FIELDS
• ELECTRIC FIELDS
• OSCILLATION
• PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• THERMODYNAMICS
• FOURIER ANALYSIS
• TEMPERATURE
• DENSITY

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE