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Bowen fluorescence mechanism

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Bowen fluorescence mechanism has definition A mechanism first discovered by Bowen which explains the anomalously strong lines of O III in the spectra of some planetary nebulae as fluorescence involving the radiative excitation of the 2p3d ³P^o₂ level of O²⁺ (54.71 eV) from the 2p^{2 3}P₂ state in the ground term by He II Lyman-α photons (54.17 eV). has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:29:48.0
is a kind of fluorescence

emission has inverse process absorption 2001-09-27 09:29:45.0

atomic process has domain atomic physics 2001-09-27 09:29:47.0

radiation intensity modification changes property intensity

event has duration 2001-09-27 09:29:57.0
has synonym world point
has time of occurrence

Bowen fluorescence mechanism	has definition A mechanism first discovered by Bowen which explains the anomalously strong lines of O III in the spectra of some planetary nebulae as fluorescence involving the radiative excitation of the 2p3d ³P^o₂ level of O²⁺ (54.71 eV) from the 2p^{2 3}P₂ state in the ground term by He II Lyman-α photons (54.17 eV).
Bowen fluorescence mechanism	is a kind of fluorescence
emission	has inverse process absorption
atomic process	has domain atomic physics
radiation intensity modification	changes property intensity
event	has duration
	has synonym world point
	has time of occurrence