@article{23596, author = {Sam M Berman and Robert W Richardson}, title = {Determination of the Excited State Density of an Optically Thick Line}, abstract = {

The transverse profile of the monochromatic radiance of an optically thick resonance line from a cylindrical discharge is inverted exactly to give the radial distribution of radiating atoms. In contrast to the Abel transform, this result is valid for all optical depths.

}, year = {1986}, journal = {Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiation Transfer}, volume = {37}, number = {5}, pages = {471-475}, language = {eng}, }