TIME-SPACE RESOLUTION OF B-FIELDS IN THETAPINCH PLASMA BY FARADAY ROTATION OF INFRARED MASER RADIATION.

Abstract

A method for experimentally determining the magnetic flux density B as a function of time and space in a dense, extreme temperature, highly dynamic, deuterium plasma was developed. The method employed the 3.39 u infrared radiation from a HeNe gas maser as a probe. The plasma electron density and the Faraday rotation of the plane of the polarization of the maser beam which propagated through the plasma were measured separately. These two measurements and the laws of propagation of electromagnetic waves in a magnetized plasma were used to deduce the magnetic field B in the plasma. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0626938

Entities

People

  • Arwin Adelbert Dougal
  • John P. Craig
  • Robert F. Gribble

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Flux Density
  • Gas Masers
  • Infrared Masers
  • Infrared Radiation
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetic Flux
  • Magnetic Flux Density
  • Masers
  • Radiation
  • Rotation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster