He Metastable Concentration Measurements in a Glow Discharge
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The density of the metastable He atoms in the positive column of a glow discharge is determined using two techniques involving a Fourier Transform spectrometer. The techniques are the traditional self-absorption method and the newly reported Doppler shift technique. The two results agree well within the experimental errors.
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