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2.2. Experimental 25<br />

Figure 2.5: Illustration <strong>of</strong> the layout <strong>of</strong> the measurement chamber [2.9], which was used<br />

in the studies <strong>of</strong> Chaps 3, 4, and 7.<br />

The He gas that is introduced slowly into the VG lamp is differentially pumped<br />

by a rough (first) and fine (second) stage pumping and is only slightly leaked to the<br />

measurement chamber. The first and second differential stages are pumped by a rotary<br />

and a turbo pump, respectively. We have installed two turbo pumps in series as well<br />

as an ion pump to the chamber while standard ultrahigh vacuum chambers are usually<br />

closed systems with an ion pump only. 6<br />

Typical pressures at the pumping stages and the chamber are [2.10]:<br />

Mode First Stage Second Stage Chamber<br />

He I 5 × 10−2 Torr 3 × 10−6 Torr 1.5 × 10−8 Torr<br />

He II 5 × 10−3 Torr 1.5 × 10−7 Torr 5 × 10−9 Torr<br />

The VG lamp is designed to operate efficiently for the He I (21.2 eV) line with<br />

a relatively low intensity for the He II (40.8 eV) line. If the pressure is reduced the<br />

intensity <strong>of</strong> He II is increased and becomes comparable to the intensity <strong>of</strong> He I.<br />

Some adsorption is critically increased at low temperatures (< 50 K) even if no<br />

6 Without the turbo pump the base pressure continues to increase. He gas itself is not reactive but<br />

accumulating He gas might weaken the pumping power for other reactive gases.

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