Journal of Korean Vacuum Science & Technology
- Volume 7 Issue 1
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- Pages.18-22
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- 2003
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- 1226-6167(pISSN)
Observation of Penning ionization using the optogalvanic effect
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Jeong, Kee-Ju
(Department of Physics Education, Kongju National University) ;
- Lee, Jun-Hoi (Department of Electronic materials Science, Deajeon University)
- Published : 2003.06.01
Abstract
The optogalvanic effect is proposed and demonstrated as a technique for Penning ionization in a discharge of mixtures of metal vapors and rare gases. The gadolinium and argon mixture is used as a prototype. The lowest metastable of argon, 3P