Luka Rajačić, Nikodin V. Nedić, Dejan Dojić, Miloš Skočić, Srdjan Bukvić
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Abstract
In this paper, we discuss the technical and numerical aspects related to a specific diagnostic tool, the Saha–Boltzmann plot, introduced in plasma spectroscopy by Yalcin et al. in 1999. The method has a clear physical background and requires only common spectroscopic data as input parameters. The output parameters are the electron temperature and the electron density of the investigated plasma. In this paper, we explain how to correctly estimate the uncertainties of electron temperature and electron density, regardless of whether the accuracy of the input parameters is known or not. In addition, we offer a computer program, as part of a free web service, that efficiently solves the ’Saha–Boltzmann plot’ task.
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Papers with the following subject areas are suitable for publication in the Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer:
- Theoretical and experimental aspects of the spectra of atoms, molecules, ions, and plasmas.
- Spectral lineshape studies including models and computational algorithms.
- Atmospheric spectroscopy.
- Theoretical and experimental aspects of light scattering.
- Application of light scattering in particle characterization and remote sensing.
- Application of light scattering in biological sciences and medicine.
- Radiative transfer in absorbing, emitting, and scattering media.
- Radiative transfer in stochastic media.