Bowen fluorescence mechanism Comparison Table

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Bowen fluorescence mechanism comparison table

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fluorescence emission The emission of light at one wavelength, the green say, following absorption of light with a much shorter wavelength such as the ultraviolet. The UV photon parts with its energy by ejecting the electron into a high-energy level from which it cascades back down, releasing photons of lower energy and therefore longer wavelengths. A material which has this property is called a phosphor.

Bowen fluorescence mechanism fluorescence 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).

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fluorescence	emission	The emission of light at one wavelength, the green say, following absorption of light with a much shorter wavelength such as the ultraviolet. The UV photon parts with its energy by ejecting the electron into a high-energy level from which it cascades back down, releasing photons of lower energy and therefore longer wavelengths. A material which has this property is called a phosphor.
Bowen fluorescence mechanism	fluorescence	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).

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