5-473: Paschen may refer to: Friedrich Paschen (1865–1947), German physicist Paschen (crater) , a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon Paschen-Back effect , the splitting of atomic energy levels in the presence of a strong magnetic field Paschen series, a Hydrogen spectral series in the infrared band Paschen's law , an equation that gives
10-480: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Friedrich Paschen Louis Carl Heinrich Friedrich Paschen (22 January 1865 – 25 February 1947) was a German physicist , known for his work on electrical discharges. He is also known for the Paschen series , a series of hydrogen spectral lines in the infrared region that he first observed in 1908. He established
15-600: The breakdown voltage, that is the voltage necessary to start a discharge or electric arc, between two electrodes in a gas as a function of pressure and gap length Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Paschen . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paschen&oldid=700885193 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
20-678: The now widely used Paschen curve in his article "Über die zum Funkenübergang in Luft, Wasserstoff und Kohlensäure bei verschiedenen Drücken erforderliche Potentialdifferenz" . He is known for the Paschen-Back effect , which is the Zeeman effect 's becoming non-linear at high magnetic field. He helped explain the hollow cathode effect in 1916. Paschen was born in Schwerin , Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . From 1884 to 1888 he studied at
25-752: The universities of Berlin and Strassburg , after which he became an assistant at the Academy of Münster . He became a professor at the Technische Hochschule Hannover in 1893 and professor of physics at the University of Tübingen in 1901. He served as president of the Physikalisch-Technischen Reichsanstalt from 1924–33 and an honorary professor of the University of Berlin in 1925. During
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