Published January 20, 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Plasma physics aspects of tunnel-ionized gases

  • 1. Electical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024 (United States)

Description

Tunnel-ionized plasmas have been studied through experiments and particle simulations. Experimentally, x-ray measurements show that the plasma temperature is higher for a circularly polarized laser-produced plasma compared to when linear polarization is used. A higher parallel temperature than expected from the single-particle tunneling model was observed through Compton scattering fluctuation spectra. Simulations indicate that stochastic heating and the Weibel instability play an important role in plasma heating in all directions and isotropization

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
68
Journal Issue
3
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
321-324
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTA