Experimental Studies of Ion Charge Ion Flux in Streaming Plasmas.

Abstract

The broad purpose of this research has been to investigate the dynamics of flowing plasmas. Attention has been given to the processes which transfer momentum between interacting ion species in counterstreaming plasmas produced by laser irradiation of a solid target. This investigation has evolved from an examination of collisional interactions with conventional diagnostics to an extensive study of collisionless momentum transfer in magnetic fields using a broad spectrum of diagnostics, including resonant optical techniques.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA102172

Entities

People

  • David W. Koopman
  • Joseph Silverman

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Cameras
  • Carbon Dioxide Lasers
  • Dye Lasers
  • Dynamics
  • Langmuir Probes
  • Lasers
  • Liquid Dye Lasers
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • Momentum Transfer
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Physical Sciences
  • Physics
  • Scattering
  • Vacuum Chambers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy