THE FIVE-LEVEL ATOM

Given a fully-reduced emission line spectrum, fivel will compute the temperature and density of the emitting gas. For an idea of which spectral lines make good "thermometers" or "density indicators", look here!

When you're ready to download the program, click here.

To run the program after compiling the code, type 'fivel' and follow the directions. Upon quitting, an output file containing the results (called 'fivelout.dat') will be produced.


Last modified: Mon Jun 30 00:22:25 MST 1997