CONTINUOUS RADIATION OF A DENSE-PLASMA OF INERT-GASES - ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTAL-DATA

Experimental data on continuous radiation spectra of neon, argon, kryp ton, and xenon plasmas are treated that have been derived over the las t 30 years. Their agreement with one another and with theory is analyz ed, as well as the dependence of the optical characteristics on the pa rameters of plasma. The calculation is made in a quasi-classical appro ximation by the quantum defect method in view of the effect of interpa rticle interaction leading to the shift and smoothing over of photoion ization thresholds. Good agreement is observed between theory and expe riment in the case of a moderately dense plasma (n(e) = 10(16)-10(18) cm(-3)). A tendency is revealed toward a decrease of experimental data as compared with theory at high densities.