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THE measurement of electron temperature in hightemperature plasmas is an important but somewhat difficult problem particularly for temperatures above about 10 eV. Spectroscopic methods which have been used or suggested1–4 are subject to certain limitations and have been reviewed by Thonemann5. This communication presents a new method, based on the relative intensities of spectral lines from the same species of Li-like ion, which is potentially powerful in its range and accuracy.
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HEROUX, L. A Spectroscopic Method of measuring Electron Temperatures in Plasmas. Nature 198, 1291–1293 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1981291c0
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