This book is based on lectures given for graduate students and postgraduates starting in plasma physics. It covers all aspects of plasma spectroscopy, instruments, and techniques. Examples, techniques and methods illustrate the possibilities.

Carefully written primer and reference for newcomers to plasma spectroscopy Covers all aspects of plasma spectroscopy, instruments, and techniques Originates from lectures for graduate and post-graduate students Addresses directly the experimentalist who actually has to carry out the experiments and their interpretation Devoted to experimental problems, instrumentation, components, detectors and calibration, experimental pitfalls as well as possible artefacts Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext

1961 Diploma in Physics, Technical University Munich, Germany

1964 Dr. rer. nat., Technical University Munich

1961-1965 Scientist, Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching

1965-1972 Research Associate, Assistant and Associate Professor, University of Maryland, USA

1972-2000 Full Professor of Experimental Physics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

2000 Professor emeritus

Inhalt
Quantities of Spectroscopy.- Spectroscopic Instruments.- Detectors.- Calibration.- Radiative Processes in Plasmas.- Collisional Processes.- Kinetics of the Population of Atomic Levels in Plasmas.- Line Broadening.- Diagnostic Applications.