MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS OF MAGNETO-GAS DYNAMIC PLASMAS

Abstract

The use of microwave probes as a diagnostic tool to determine the electrical conductivity and the dielectric constant of a plasma were adapted to the arc jet facility in the Gas Dynamics Laboratory. In particular an X-band microwave interferometer and a reflection, and transmission type experiment were designed and utilized. The microwave techniques were investigated using models. The studies described in this analysis show that the infinite slab hypothesis is invalid for the given plasma slab size using X-band microwaves. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0266593

Entities

People

  • Ali Bulent Cambel
  • M. Brodwin
  • R. C. Warder Jr.

Organizations

  • Northwestern University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Buildings And Structures
  • Conductivity
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Dynamics
  • Electrical Conductivity
  • Gas Dynamics
  • Interferometers
  • Measurement
  • Microwaves
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Reflection
  • Research Facilities
  • X Band

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.