Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section A Physics and Chemistry · 1971 · 35 citations · 0 references
The total continuous emission coefficient for a LTE hydrogen plasma at one atmosphere is calculated for a temperature range from 8000 to 16000 K and a wavelength range from 400 to 15000 Å. Contributions involving the species H, <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow><mml:msubsup><mml:mtext>H</mml:mtext> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:msubsup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , H<sup>-</sup>, and H<sub>2</sub>, as well as the wings of Stark-broadened hydrogen lines are included. This calculation will permit the radiation emitted from a laboratory hydrogen plasma to be used as a high intensity spectral radiance calibration standard.