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Spatially resolved electric field measurements in the cathode fall region of a glow discharge are performed using optogalvanic detection of He Rydberg atoms. The large linear Stark effect of Rydberg levels provides an accurate, sensitive measure of discharge electric fields.
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Doughty et al. (1984) studied this question.
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