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Générateur de vapeur d'uranium: la lampe à cathode creuse pulsée
Abstract:
The production of uranium vapors has been studied in the (5)L(0)(6)ground state using a pulsed hollow cathode lamp. The evolution of the (238)U ((5)L(0)(6)) concentration with time has been studied with Xe and Ar as buffer gases. A density of 2.7 x 10(13) atoms cm(-3) was obtained with Xe as a buffer gas. In addition, those measurements, obtained from the absorption of a laser beam tuned to the 5758.143 A ((5)L(0)(6)-17,361(7)L(6)) transition, allowed the determination of the transition probability A = 2.1 x 10(5) sec(-1) and of the branching ratio BR = 0.08 for this transition.
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