Classified Abstracts
202 corresponding French) M. Fournet,
to an approximate /.
Ph.rs. Radium,
temperature of 106K. (in (Author, modified) 23 (3) Suppl.,
March
1962,
25A-32A.
Production of vacuum by condensation on low-temperature I. Cryogenic pumps. See Abstr. No. 507.
18.
17: 21 : II surfaces.
Gaseous Electronics 18 : 32
497. A new method plasma
as a function
R. der Agobian, 4269-427 I.
for measuring of the time.
the electronic
density
of a
497-505
source has been investigated between 500 and 2000 A. When the ion source is operated with hydrogen, the familiar hydrogen continuum is produced down to 1650 A, followed by the manylined spectrum down to 900 A, including the atomic Lyman n- and P-lines at 1215.7 and 1025.7 A, respectivelv. With argon the source emits a line spectrum down to 550 8, originating from excited neutral, singly and doubly charged atoms. (Authors) J. A. R. Samson and H. Liebl, Ret.. Sri. instrum., 33 (12), Dec. 1962, 1340-1343. I8 122 The mechanism of electrical See Abstr. No. 512.
C. R. Acad SC. Puri.s, 254 (25), I8 June 1962, Kinetic
measurement
18 499. Phenomena occurring at surfaces in long gaps in vacuum.
electrically
stressed
19.
: 33 : 56 metallic
R. Hawley, et u/., Nur~re, 197 (4864), 19 Jan. 1963, 274-275. 18 49, Dec.
1961, 18
conductivity
Proc.
502. A new approach
Inst.
of partially
Radio
ionized
Engrs.,
gases.
49, Dec.
to thermionic energy conversion by an auxiliary discharge.
charge neutralization W. Bernstein and R. C. Knechtli,
Radiation
504. Photo-luminescence
and growth
defects
in ZnS
: Cu mono-
crystals.
Czechoslovakiu. The paper describes microscopic investigation into the spectral distribution of photo-luminescence and its polarization on hexagonal ZnS monocrystals in relation to the structural defects of such crystals. These observations, as well as birefringent observation, show that the values of the birefringence and the degree of polarization in different stripes of the same crystal are the same within the limits of observational error. (Author) J. Pastrr?ak, Czech. J. Phys., B12 (8), Aug. 1962, 614-620. 19 : 30 505. Experimental
study of an produced in thin films of silver.
optical
resonance
phenomenon
France. The films were formed and examined optically under a Both the transmission vacuum of approximately 6 x 10e6 torr. and the reflexion coefficients were determined for a series of wavelengths and the analogy between the results and those exhibited by an electrical resonator of a given natural frequency and high damping was demonstrated. Examination of the same films at atmospheric pressure showed a change in the (Authors) natural resonance wavelength by about 5OOA. G. Rasigni and P. Rouard, J. Phys. Radium, 23 (4), April 1962, 211-218. See also Abstract 190 and 191, Vucrrum, 13 (2), Feb. 1963.
1961, I8 : 56 : space
I9 : 30 Thickness measurements See Abstr. No. 528.
by means
of
p and
X-ray
radiation.
I9 : 30
Pvoc. Inst. Radio Engrs., 49,
Measuring
thickness
of
coatings
(X-ray
Puoroscopy).
Set
Abstr. No. 539.
Dec. 1961, 1962-1967.
19 :27
IS:33 503. Duoplasmatron as a vacuum ultraviolet light source. U.S.A. The radiation emitted from a duoplasmatron
I8 : I7 No. 496.
I9 : 33
Great Britain. The initiation of electrical breakdown between metallic electrodes insulated by high vacuum has been studied by many authors. One of the explanations offered is the removal of aggregates of material from the anode and their bodily transfer to the cathode. The objection to this mechanism is the fact that the electrostatic forces prior to breakdown appear insufficient to tear particles out of the solid surface and that the presence of loose aggregates cannot be relied on. The author suggests that in the case of copper the material transferred is made up of dentritric inclusions. On account of the low cohesive force between inclusion/metal interfaces, an electrostatic stress of the order of lo3 dyn/cm would suffice to pull out such an inclusion whilst the actual disruption of the solid metal W. J. S. is many magnitudes higher than this.
500. Plasma physics-an elementary review. M. P. Bachynski, Proc. Ins/. Radio Engrs., 1751-1766.
See Abstr.
of temperatures.
498. Experiments on the problem of controlled thermonuclear reaction (with useful bibliography). (Gveaf Britain). R. S. Pease, Nature, 196 (4861), 29 Dec. 1962, 1247-1253.
501. The electrical D. L. Sengupta, 1872-l 876.
gas clean-up in the hot cathode gauge.
ion
Mobile infrared gas analyses for gas transmission surveys. See Abstr. No. 521.
line leakage