The measurement of the life-time of the 6²P_3/2 state of thallium

Author

Danny Hale Sokolowski

Abstract

The measurement of the lifetime of the metastable 6²P_3/2 state of thallium is discussed. Time-sampling equipment techniques and instantaneous methods of display on an oscilloscope for measuring the lifetime are explained. The lifetime is measured as a function of mercury vapor pressure. The decay of the 5350 A thallium line is also measured to give an indication of the effect of the imprisonment of the 3776 A resonance line. This decay of the 5350 A line is also in a mercury atmosphere"--Abstract, page ii.

Advisor(s)

Anderson, Richard A.

Committee Member(s)

Johnson, Charles A.
Lee, Ralph E., 1921-2010
Rivers, Jack L.

Department(s)

Physics

Degree Name

M.S. in Physics

Publisher

Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy

Publication Date

1963

Pagination

vi, 42 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 40-41).

Rights

© 1963 Danny Hale Sokolowski, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Thesis Number

T 1501

Print OCLC #

5953436

Recommended Citation

Sokolowski, Danny Hale, "The measurement of the life-time of the 6²P_3/2 state of thallium" (1963). Masters Theses. 2848.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/2848