Laser-Produced Plasmas and Hypervelocity Acceleration.

Abstract

Laser produced plasmas have properties that overlap those of armatures required for hypervelocity particle acceleration. This makes them useful as a test bed for advanced acceleration schemes and effects. In addition, sophisticated diagnostics have been developed for measuring laser produced plasma conditions; many of these techniques can be applied or adapted to KEW armature problems. Keywords: Hypervelocity acceleration; Rail gun; Kinetic energy weapon.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 15, 1987
Accession Number
ADA181285

Entities

People

  • Barrett H. Ripin

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ablation
  • Armatures
  • Fluids
  • Glass Lasers
  • Guns
  • Heat Transfer
  • High Density
  • Laser Produced Plasmas
  • Lasers
  • Low Temperature
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Projectiles
  • Propellants
  • Spectroscopy
  • Test Beds
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • ballistics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow