Numerical Calculation of Absolute Bremsstrahlung Intensity for a Fully Ionized Fully Dissociated Hydrogenic Gas

By using the approximate relationships of Kirkpatrick and Weidmann [Phys. Rev. 67, 321 (1945)] for bremsstrahlung intensities, numerical calculations have been made on the IBM 650 at the Avco-Everett Research Laboratory for a fully ionized, fully dissociated hydrogenic gas. The intensities are given in terms of a quantity having the units ergs/sec/unit frequency interval/steradian/cm3 as a function of hv, (from 0.5 to 4.0 ev) and kT (from 4 to 200 ev). A calibration method has been devised for measurement of absolute bremsstrahlung intensities which continually compensates for the errors present in most calibration procedures.