A Thomson Scattering Study of Collisional-Shock Heated Plasmas.

Abstract

Thomson scattering was used to obtain electron temperature and density profiles in deuterium plasmas produced by strong collisional shock waves. The transverse shock speeds were 3 to 25 cm/microsecond in 50 to 100 mTorr deuterium. Ruby laser light was incident at a right angle to the axis in the midpoint of the annular gap of an electromagnetically driven coaxial shock tube and scattered light was collected at 90 degrees. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0778864

Entities

People

  • Donald H. Mcneill.

Organizations

  • Columbia University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Deuterium
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Electrons
  • Lasers
  • Microsecond Time
  • Right Angles
  • Ruby Lasers
  • Scattering
  • Shock
  • Shock Tubes
  • Shock Waves
  • Thomson Scattering
  • Transverse
  • Tubes
  • Wave Phenomena

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics