Instrumentation for Particle-Beams Research Using Laser Excited Merging Beams.

Abstract

A summary of research performed under AFOSR Grant No. 83-0242 is given. The review describes molecular-beam studies of ion-pair production and measurements of the fraction of excited Na atoms, f*, in a composite beam of ground-state and excited Na atoms. The actual ion-pair production reactions studied are the following: Na + Br yield Na(+) + B(-), Na + I2 yield Na(+) + I2(-), Na(Na*) + Na yield Na(+) + Na(-), and Li + Na yield Li(-) + Na(+). The reaction Na + I2 yield Na(+) + I2(-) was used to measure f*. A value of about 6% was obtained. The work was performed using instrumentation provided by the grant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 24, 1984
Accession Number
ADA147968

Entities

People

  • R. H. Neynaber
  • S. Y. Tang

Organizations

  • University of California, San Diego

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Atomic Beams
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Composite Materials
  • Dye Lasers
  • Ground State
  • Instrumentation
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Liquid Dye Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Molecular Beams
  • Pair Production
  • Particle Beams
  • Particles
  • Production

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy