A PROPOSED DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR CYLINDRICAL PLASMAS
Abstract
For a cyiindrically symmetric plasma column whose electron density N is a slowly varying, monotonically decreasing function of radius r, it is possible to calculate explicitly both the diffraction pattern from the knowledge of N(r) and, conversely, N(r) from the knowledge of the diffraction pattern. If the diffraction pattern is obtained experimentally, N(r) can be calculated by a cumbersome numerical procedure. Instead of doing this, the diffraction pattern can be approximated by one of a family of convenient analytical expressions for which the integration can be carried out easily. Alternatively, one can attempt to infer N(r) by assuming a functional form for N(r) with one or more parameters, calculate the diffraction pattern and compare it with the observed one.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 16, 1960
- Accession Number
- AD0244223
Entities
People
- J. Shmoys
Organizations
- New York University Tandon School of Engineering