RELATIONS BETWEEN COSMIC AND LABORATORY PLASMA PHYSICS

1975 ◽  
Vol 257 (1 Role of Magne) ◽  
pp. 179-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannes Alfvèn
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Physics ◽  
Laboratory Plasma

scholarly journals Laboratory plasma physics experiments using merging supersonic plasma jets

2014 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. C. Hsu ◽  
A. L. Moser ◽  
E. C. Merritt ◽  
C. S. Adams ◽  
J. P. Dunn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Physics ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
Mean Free Path ◽  
Plasma Jets ◽  
Pulsed Power ◽  
Laboratory Plasma ◽  
Los Alamos National Laboratory ◽  
Supersonic Plasma ◽  
Physics Experiment ◽  
Mean Charge

We describe a laboratory plasma physics experiment at Los Alamos National Laboratory that uses two merging supersonic plasma jets formed and launched by pulsed-power-driven railguns. The jets can be formed using any atomic species or mixture available in a compressed-gas bottle and have the following nominal initial parameters at the railgun nozzle exit: ne ≈ ni ~ 1016 cm−3, Te ≈ Ti ≈ 1.4 eV, Vjet ≈ 30–100 km/s, mean charge $\bar{Z}$ ≈ 1, sonic Mach number Ms ≡ Vjet/Cs > 10, jet diameter = 5 cm, and jet length ≈20 cm. Experiments to date have focused on the study of merging-jet dynamics and the shocks that form as a result of the interaction, in both collisional and collisionless regimes with respect to the inter-jet classical ion mean free path, and with and without an applied magnetic field. However, many other studies are also possible, as discussed in this paper.

scholarly journals Proper Ties of a Laboratory Plasma Prepared with Combined Transverse and Longitudinal Currents

1967 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
IG Brown ◽  
JA Lehane ◽  
IC Potter ◽  
CN Watson-Munro
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Charged Particle ◽  
Plasma Physics ◽  
Hybrid Method ◽  
Laboratory Plasma ◽  
Steady Magnetic Field ◽  
Fractional Ionization ◽  
Low Magnetic Field ◽  
Physics Experiments

For some laboratory plasma physics experiments it is necessary to have a plasma of high fractional ionization that is confined in a relatively low magnetic field and for which the charged particle densities and kinetic temperatures do not change too rapidly in space or time. It has been found that a plasma prepared by a "hybrid" method with ionizing currents, both transverse and parallel to the steady magnetic field, has distinct advantages for such experiments.

STREAK IMAGE CAMERA "AGAT" WITH PICOSECOND TIME RESOLUTION USED FOR INVESTIGATIONS IN PLASMA PHYSICS

1979 ◽  
Vol 40 (C7) ◽  
pp. C7-875-C7-876
Author(s):  
V. I. Averin ◽  
O. M. Brekhov ◽  
B. S. Gorbenko ◽  
A. F. Klepov ◽  
G. V. Kolesov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Physics ◽  
Time Resolution ◽  
Streak Image ◽  
Image Camera

Dynamic methods in plasma physics

1982 ◽  
Vol 138 (11) ◽  
pp. 361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir E. Fortov
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Physics ◽  
Dynamic Methods

Contact diagnostics of the ionosphere and laboratory plasma

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 3-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.A. Shuvalov ◽  
◽  
A.I. Priymak ◽  
N.P. Reznichenko ◽  
N.A. Tokmak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Plasma
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