title: Générateur de vapeur d'uranium: la lampe à cathode creuse pulsée.
abstract: The production of uranium vapors has been studied in the (5)L(0)(6)ground state using a pulsed hollow cathode lamp. The evolution of the (238)U ((5)L(0)(6)) concentration with time has been studied with Xe and Ar as buffer gases. A density of 2.7 x 10(13) atoms cm(-3) was obtained with Xe as a buffer gas. In addition, those measurements, obtained from the absorption of a laser beam tuned to the 5758.143 A ((5)L(0)(6)-17,361(7)L(6)) transition, allowed the determination of the transition probability A = 2.1 x 10(5) sec(-1) and of the branching ratio BR = 0.08 for this transition.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gagné
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carleer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Leblanc
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Demers
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mongeau