Direct evidence for thermal mechanism of plasma influence on shock wave propagation

Authors
Ionikh, YZ Chernysheva, NV Meshchanov, AV Yalin, AP Miles, RB
Citation
Yz. Ionikh et al., Direct evidence for thermal mechanism of plasma influence on shock wave propagation, PHYS LETT A, 259(5), 1999, pp. 387-392
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS A
ISSN journal
03759601 → ACNP
Volume
259
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
387 - 392
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(19990823)259:5<387:DEFTMO>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Shock wave propagation through a glow discharge is studied by a double beam laser Schlieren method. A pulsed discharge is used to separate electron an d other plasma related phenomena from thermal effects. The results prove th e pure thermal nature of the influence of a plasma on a shock wave. (C) 199 9 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.