Luminescence

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chemiluminescence

Broader Terms

light emission

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  • Recommended ProductsLuminescence Strictly speaking, Luminescence is a light emission which represents an excess over the thermal radiation and lasts for a time exceeding the period of electromagnetic oscilation.
  • Luminescence is "cold light", light from other sources of energy, which can take place at normal and lower temperatures.
  • In most multicellular species luminescence is neurally controlled.
  • LauterbornDrittes Physikalisches Institut, Universitt Gttingen, Brgerstrae 42-44, D-37073 Gttingen, Federal Republic of Germany Received 15 August 1997Single cavitation bubble luminescence is investigated.
  • Luminescence is caused by chemical, biochemical, or crystallographic changes, the motions of subatomic particles, or radiation-induced excitation of an atomic system.

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