STUDY OF K-ALPHA ABSORPTION STRUCTURES IN A SUBCRITICAL-DENSITY LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA

被引:16
作者
BACK, CA
CHENAISPOPOVICS, C
RENAUDIN, P
GEINDRE, JP
AUDEBERT, P
GAUTHIER, JC
机构
[1] Ecole Polytechnique, Laboratoire de Physique des Milieux Ionisés
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1992年 / 46卷 / 06期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.46.3405
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The study of K alpha line absorption by point-projection backlighting is presented for a laser-produced aluminum plasma at electronic densities below 5 X 10(21) cm-3. The appearance of ionic species as a function of distance from the target is measured absolutely by the use of a knife edge as a spatial fiducial. These data are used to determine the gradient of the average charge as a function of space. A non-local-thermodynamic-equilibrium ionization model has been developed to determine temperature and densities consistent with this measure. Comparisons with hydrodynamic codes are presented, along with a discussion of the inferred temperature.
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页码:3405 / 3412
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