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This text focuses on the application of spectroscopic diagnostics to gaseous flows. In order to keep the length and scope manageable, we will accept, prima facie, the results of quantum mechanics (explaining quantum mechanics in detail would require another complete text, of which many are already available). That is, we accept that an atom or molecule may exist only in specific quantum states (characterized by quantum “numbers”), with each quantum state having a discrete amount of energy and angular momentum.
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\(1\,\mathrm{eV} \approx 1.6 \times 10^{-19}\,\mathrm{J}\).
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W.G. Vincenti, C.H. Kruger, Physical Gas Dynamics (Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, FL, 1965)
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Hanson, R.K., Spearrin, R.M., Goldenstein, C.S. (2016). Introduction. In: Spectroscopy and Optical Diagnostics for Gases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23252-2_1
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