An Advanced Study Institute on Radiative Processes in Discharge Plasmas was held at the Atholl Palace Hotel, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland, June 23 through July 5, 1985. This publication is the Pro ceedings from that Institute. The Institute was attended by eighty-five Participants and Lecturers representing the United States, Canada, France, West Germany, Greece, The Netherlands, Portugal, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. A distinguished faculty of eighteen Lecturers was assembled and the topical program organized with the assistance of an Advisory Committee composed of: Dr. John Waymouth, USA; Dr. Timm Teich, Switzerland; Dr. Arthur Phelps, USA; Dr. Nicol Peacock, England; Professor Erich Kunhardt, USA; Dr. Anthony Hyder, USA; and Dr. Arthur Guenther, USA. The underlying theme and objective of the Institute was the enhance ment of scientific communication and exchange among academic, industrial, and national laboratory groups having a common concern for radiative processes in discharge plasmas. The program was organized into four major sessions sequentially treating: the fundamental science of visible and near-visible radiation in plasmas; the technology of discharge light sources; recent and novel methods for the generation of plasmas; and an update on advances in laser-based diagnostics. Each major session culmi nated in a panel discussion comprised of the Lecturers for that session.

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Overview.- Tutorial Lecture Radiative and Collisional Processes in Plasmas.- Plasma Radiation Fundamentals.- Radiative Processes in Discharge Plasmas: Questions and Issues.- Light Scattering.- Emission Spectroscopy.- Pulsed Optical Pumping in Low Pressure Mercury Discharges.- Transient Phenomena in High Pressure Discharges.- Molecular Spectral Intensities in LTE Plasmas.- Self-Reversed Emission Lines in Inhomogeneous Plasmas.- Radiation Transport in High Pressure Discharge Lamps.- Discharge Light Sources.- Discharge Light Sources.- Low-Pressure Mercury and Sodium Lamps.- High-Pressure Sodium (HPS) Arcs.- Metal Halide Sources.- Plasma Generation.- Laser-Produced Plasmas.- Plasmas Sustained by Surface Waves at Microwave and RF Frequencies: Experimental Investigation and Applications.- Plasmas Sustained by Surface Waves at Radio and Microwave Frequencies: Basic Processes and Modeling.- Recent Diagnostic Advances.- Gas Discharge Laser Diagnostics Update.- Laser (and Other) Diagnostics of RF Discharges.- Optogalvanic Effects in the Cathode Fall.- Rydberg States: Properties and Applications to Electrical Discharge Measurements.- Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy.- Appendix A: Poster Papers.- Appendix B: Organizing Committee, Lecturers, and Participants.