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IT has been generally accepted that in an arc the observation of the pure Stark effect can scarcely be expected, as the drop in potential in the immediate neighbourhood of the electrodes is of the order of the ionization potential of the gas, and the dark space is so thin (10-3 cm. or less) that its detection is extremely difficult ; the uncontrollable fluctuation of the arc and the effects due to pressure and inter-ionic fields may give rise to further complexities, which manifest themselves in the anomalous behaviour (diffuse broadening or shift) of spectral lines.
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HURUITI, J., HORI, T. Pure Stark Effect observed in Metallic Arcs. Nature 142, 535 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142535a0
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