Introduction to the Laser-HANE Experiment and Summary of Low-Pressure Interaction Results.

Abstract

A brief overview of the NRL laser-target experiment which simulates the interactions involved in a HANE is presented. A burst of fast laser-produced-debris-ions stream into a low-density magnetized ambient plasma/gas. The interactions between these two plasma components are investigated under a variety of conditions. At ambient pressures below 150 mTorr we observed a magnetic bubble formation during the debris expansion; we found that the field is swept out of the volume traversed by the debris plasma and is compressed ahead of the debris front. Evidence is found for magnetic-field dependent interactions between the debris ions and ambient plasma. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 22, 1984
Accession Number
ADA138945

Entities

People

  • Barrett H. Ripin
  • Edgar A. McLean
  • Jacob Grün
  • John A. Stamper
  • S. Kacenjar

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Classification
  • Defense Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • Ionization
  • Laser Targets
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Plasma Instabilities
  • Security
  • Systems Engineering
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers