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The plasma parameters including neutral species temperature, atomic excitation temperature and electron number density in a see-through type, homemade uranium hollow cathode discharge lamp with neon as a buffer gas have been investigated using optical emission spectroscopic techniques. The neutral species temperature has been measured using the Doppler broadening of a neon atomic spectral line. The atomic excitation temperature has been measured using the Boltzmann plot method utilizing uranium atomic spectral lines. The electron number density has been determined from the Saha-Boltzmann equation utilizing uranium atomic and ionic spectral lines. To the best of our knowledge, all these three plasma parameters are simultaneously measured for the first time in a uranium hollow cathode discharge lamp.
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Shah, M.L., Suri, B.M. & Gupta, G.P. Spectroscopic measurements of plasma temperatures and electron number density in a uranium hollow cathode discharge lamp. Eur. Phys. J. D 69, 16 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2014-50704-3
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