Astr 501 | Lecture 29 | Spring 2013
Meghnad Saha
Astronomy 501
Lecture 29, April 3 Spring 2013
Lecture Notes: pdf file

Thermodynamics of Atomic States

  • state populations: partition function
  • partition cutoff
  • ionization equilibrium: Saha equation
 laboratory hydrogen plasma

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