On the mechanism of populating 3p levels of neon under pumping by a hard ioniser

Journal Article · Thu Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2011V041N03ABEH014227· OSTI ID:21544798

Khasenov, M U ^[1]

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1. Fotonika LLC, ul. Utegen batyra 112, 050062 Almaty (Kazakhstan)

The effect of quenching additives on the luminescence properties of helium - neon mixtures under pumping by {alpha} particles emitted from {sup 210}Po atoms is considered. It is concluded that, under excitation by a heavy charged particle, the population of the 3p'[1/2]{sub 0} level of neon is not related to the dissociative recombination of molecular ions. It is suggested that the most likely channels for populating the 3p level are the excitation transfer from metastable helium atoms to neon atoms and direct excitation of neon by nuclear particles and secondary electrons. (lasers and active media)

• OSTI ID: 21544798
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 41, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1070/QE2011v041n03ABEH014227; ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ALPHA PARTICLES
ELECTRONS
EXCITATION
HELIUM
LUMINESCENCE
MIXTURES
MOLECULAR IONS
NEON
POLONIUM 210
PUMPING
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CHARGED PARTICLES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DISPERSIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
EMISSION
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
FERMIONS
FLUIDS
GASES
HEAVY NUCLEI
IONIZING RADIATIONS
IONS
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LEPTONS
NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
PHOTON EMISSION
POLONIUM ISOTOPES
RADIATIONS
RADIOISOTOPES
RARE GASES