Published January 1999 | Version v1
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Thomson Scattering from High-Z Laser-Produced Plasmas

Creators

  • 1. L-399, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551 (United States)
  • 2. Institute for Lasers Science Applications, University of California, Livermore, California 94550 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Applied Science and Plasma Research Group, University of California, Davis, California 95616 (United States)

Description

We present the first simultaneous observations of ion acoustic and electron plasma waves in laser-produced dense plasmas with Thomson scattering. In addition to measuring the standard plasma parameters, electron temperature and density, this novel experimental technique is shown to be a sensitive method for temporally and spatially resolved measurements of the averaged ionization stage of the plasma. Experiments with highly ionized gold plasmas clearly show that the inclusion of dielectronic recombination in radiation-hydrodynamic modeling is critically important to model cooling plasmas. copyright 1998 The American Physical Society

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
82
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 97-100
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
30010876
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
GOLD; ION ACOUSTIC WAVES; LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LABORATORY; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; THOMSON SCATTERING
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTS; INELASTIC SCATTERING; ION WAVES; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY; METALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PLASMA; PLASMA WAVES; SCATTERING; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS