The use of dc glow discharges as undergraduate educational tools

Stephanie A. Wissel; Andrew Zwicker; Jerry Ross; Sophia Gershman

doi:10.1119/1.4811435

The use of dc glow discharges as undergraduate educational tools

Stephanie A. Wissel, Andrew Zwicker, Jerry Ross, Sophia Gershman

Physics

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Plasmas have a beguiling way of getting students interested in physics. We argue that plasmas can and should be incorporated into the undergraduate curriculum as both demonstrations and advanced investigations of electromagnetism and quantum effects. We describe a device, based on a direct-current (dc) glow discharge tube, which allows for a number of experiments into topics such as electrical breakdown, spectroscopy, magnetism, and electron temperature.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	663-669
Number of pages	7
Journal	American Journal of Physics
Volume	81
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4811435
State	Published - Aug 19 2013

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