The Use of DC Glow Discharges as Undergraduate Educational Tools

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

关键词: Physics education;    plasma physics seducation;    Gas Discharges;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1053196
RP-ID  :  PPPL-4825
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1053196

学科分类：原子、分子光学和等离子物理

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Plasmas have a beguiling way of getting students excited and 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. Our device, based on a direct current (DC) glow discharge tube, allows for a number of experiments into topics such as electrical breakdown, spectroscopy, magnetism, and electron temperature.