DETERMINATION OF THE EFFECTIVE SIZE OF A HOT-SPOT IN HOT DENSE-PLASMAS

Authors
WANG XX SCHMIDT H
Citation
Xx. Wang et H. Schmidt, DETERMINATION OF THE EFFECTIVE SIZE OF A HOT-SPOT IN HOT DENSE-PLASMAS, Plasma sources science & technology, 5(3), 1996, pp. 573-577
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Plasma sources science & technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09630252
Volume
5
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
573 - 577
Database
ISI
SICI code
0963-0252(1996)5:3<573:DOTESO>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A new method for determining the dimension of a hot spot in hot dense plasmas is presented. A time-integrated pin-hole camera was used and t he experimental densitograms from the pin-hole pictures of hot spots w ere computationally simulated using a specific source intensity distri bution function. The method was used in plasma focus DPF-78. The best estimate for the hot spot size is the effective size, the FWHM of the intensity distribution function. The effective radius of hot spots in DPF-78 varies in the range 30-106 mu m.