High energy ion expansion in laser-plasma interactions
Abstract
Measurements of energetic ion distributions produced from CD2 and CH2 targets are compared with a numerical model. The model describes the ambipolar expansion of hot electrons and two relatively cold ion species from a pressure gradient. For CD2 the plasma expansion is adequately represented by a single ion species, whereas for CH2 two ion fluids are required to account for the energy and the relative behavior of the high energy ion species.
- Publication:
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Naval Research Lab. Report
- Pub Date:
- December 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977nrl..reptU....D
- Keywords:
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- Laser Fusion;
- Laser Outputs;
- Plasmas (Physics);
- Carbon;
- Electron Energy;
- Hydrogen;
- Mathematical Models;
- Neodymium Lasers;
- Transport Properties;
- Lasers and Masers