Electron density measurement of a colliding plasma using soft-x-ray laser interferometry

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作者
Wan, AS
Barbee, TW
Cauble, R
Celliers, P
DaSilva, LB
Moreno, JC
Rambo, PW
Stone, GF
Trebes, JE
Weber, F
机构
[1] Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW E | 1997年 / 55卷 / 05期
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10.1103/PhysRevE.55.6293
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
We have used a soft-x-ray laser interferometer to study the collision and subsequent interaction of counterstreaming high-density plasmas. The measured density profiles show the evolution of the colliding plasmas from interpenetration, when the low-density edge of the plasmas first collide, to stagnation at the symmetry plane with density building at the symmetry plane. We compare the measured profiles with density profiles calculated by the radiation hydrodynamic code LASNEX, which predicts plasma stagnation as soon as the plasmas collide, and a particle-in-cell code, which allows for interpenetration, softening the stagnation.
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页码:6293 / 6296
页数:4
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