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fluorescence radiation from the ion–ion recombination process in the gas volume during the preionization phase, therefore allowing spatial resolution by partial imaging of the volume. Volume-integrated and temporally resolved measurements are carried out to determine the average of absolute preionization densities by comparison with a theoretical model of the temporal behaviour of the recombination process. Spatially resolved measurements reveal the distribution of the preionization density. The preionization densities determined from spark and sliding/corona discharges schemes are considerably higher (ne 0?1012 cm-3) than those obtained from pulsed X-ray preionization (ne 0?107 cm-3).
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Received: 3 October 1997/Revised version: 6 January 1998
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Onkels, E., Seelig, W. Quantitative comparison of different preionization schemes of KrF laser discharges . Appl Phys B 67, 33–37 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400050471
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