DIAGNOSTICS METHODS FOR BEAM-PLASMA EXPERIMENTS

Authors
WETZLER H SEELIG W BOGGASCH E HOFFMANN DHH TAUSCHWITZ A
Citation
H. Wetzler et al., DIAGNOSTICS METHODS FOR BEAM-PLASMA EXPERIMENTS, Nuovo cimento della Società Italiana di Fisica. A. Nuclei, particles and fields, 106(12), 1993, pp. 1851-1856
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
Nuovo cimento della Società Italiana di Fisica. A. Nuclei, particles and fields → ACNP
ISSN journal
11241861
Volume
106
Issue
12
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1851 - 1856
Database
ISI
SICI code
1124-1861(1993)106:12<1851:DMFBE>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We report the first optical diagnostics of the dense plasma of a Z-pin ch helium plasma which is used as a plasma target for investigation of beam-plasma interaction. Information about dynamics of the plasma and the relevant plasma parameters was obtained by spatially, temporally and spectrally resolved measurements of its visible light emission. Th e Stark broadening of the HeII P alpha and P beta line yielded the num ber density of free electrons, temperature was deduced from the line-t o-continuum intensity ratio of this lines. Maximal densities up to 1.1 4.10(19)cm(-3) at a temperature around 23 eV have been determined.