Excited-state populations of singly ionized sulphur in gaseous nebulae

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dc.contributor.advisorClayton, Donald D.en_US
dc.creatorWeisheit, Jon Carletonen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-22T21:59:01Zen_US
dc.date.available2016-04-22T21:59:01Zen_US
dc.date.issued1968en_US
dc.description.abstractA detailed study is made of the populations of singly ionized sulphur (SII) metastable states. These four states, 2D3/2, 2D5/2, 2P1/2, 2P3/2, and the ground state, 4S3/2, arise from a 3p3 electron configuration. Rates of populating the five states by collisional and radiative processes prominent in gaseous nebulae are examined. Inelastic electron-SII collision cross sections are estimated using a scaling technique suggested by Osterbrock (1965). The quantum defect method is used to calculate the photoionization cross sections of neutral and singly ionized sulphur. With these and related data, population rate equations for all SII (3p3) states are solved for numerous combinations of electron number densities and temperatures in the ranges 500<=Ne (cm-3)<10^9; and 5,000<Te(°K)<30,000. The number density ratio N(2D5/2)/N(2D3/2), as a function of Ne and Te, is related to the intensity ratio of the forbidden transitions between 2D5/2 - 4S3/2(?6717) and 2D3/2-4S3/2(?6731). The results are used in conjunction with the intensity ratios observed in gaseous nebulae to obtain electron number densities in the regions of SII emission. Finally, additional uses of SII spectra are noted.en_US
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dc.identifier.callnoThesis SP.SCI. 1968 Weisheiten_US
dc.identifier.citationWeisheit, Jon Carleton. "Excited-state populations of singly ionized sulphur in gaseous nebulae." (1968) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/89920">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/89920</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRICE0955en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/89920en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.titleExcited-state populations of singly ionized sulphur in gaseous nebulaeen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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thesis.degree.departmentSpace Scienceen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
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