Open AccessNotes on the excitation processes in helium
Author(s) -
J. H. Lees,
H. W. B. Skinner
Publication year - 1932
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1932.0130
Subject(s) - excitation , simple (philosophy) , work (physics) , helium , process (computing) , phenomenon , computer science , function (biology) , theoretical physics , statistical physics , physics , atomic physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , philosophy , operating system , evolutionary biology , biology
In the preceding paper an account has been given of experimental work on the excitation function of helium. Here we propose to enter into a fuller discussion of some of the problems involved. We shall give a detailed examination of the phenomenon of spreading, reported in the previous work; and also we shall put forward a rough but simple conception of the excitation process which allows an understanding in terms of elementary ideas of the main characteristics of the excitation process.