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The paper describes the application of a laser interferometric technique to the measurement of electron density changes which occur when a d.c. argon arc is subjected to a current step or a.c. modulation. The frequency of the latter was varied from 50 to 30,000 Hz. A first attempt is made to derive mobility measurements from the data.
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The authors would like to thank Dr. E.Graffmann, Mr. H.Fung and in particular Professor H.Edels for their advice since they have previously made detailed electrical measurements under similar conditions.
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Hearne, K.R., Konjević, N. Electron density measurements during a current perturbation of a wall stabilized argon arc. Z. Physik 208, 65–72 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01325756
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01325756