IR Observations of the ETA (Experimental Test Accelerator) Beam Channel.

Abstract

Aerospace Corporation scientists observed infrared radiation from the ETA beam channel in the wavelength range 0.65 -14.4 micrometer on September 12-16, 1983. The data consisted of time profiles of radiation pulses from the beam channel, measured with a limiting time resolution of 100 nanoseconds. Isolation of spectral bands was achieved through the use of broadband filters and circular variable filters (CVF). The latter had resolution lambda/delta lambda = 50 - 100, where lambda is wavelength. A total of 1076 radiation pulses were recorded. The beam propagation tube was filled with either ambient laboratory air or synthetic (dry) air at pressures ranging from 0.05 Torr to 500 Torr. Keywords: Charged-particle beams; Radiative diagnostics; Infrared radiation; Molecular band emission; Atmospheric radiation.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1985
Accession Number
ADA161194

Entities

People

  • C. J. Rice
  • D. L. Mckenzie
  • E. N. Frazier
  • R. P. Ditteon
  • R. P. Giguere

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Broadband
  • Charged Particles
  • Corporations
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Emission
  • Infrared Radiation
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Micrometers
  • Nanosecond Time
  • Observation
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Particle Beams
  • Particles
  • Radiation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster