Plasma Thickness by a Shock Snowplow Model
Abstract
The conventional snowplow model of the compression process is a model of infinite compression neglecting plasma thickness. Consequently, it is not possible to clarify the plasma structure. In order to overcome this defect, a new shock snowplow model of finite compression is presented which takes into account the plasma thickness. Numerical simulation of plasma thickness and trajectories was performed by this model and compared with experimental results.
- Publication:
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Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Pub Date:
- October 1980
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1980JaJAP..19.2017H
- Keywords:
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- Cylindrical Waves;
- Plasma Compression;
- Thickness;
- Mathematical Models;
- Piston Theory;
- Shock Wave Propagation;
- Trajectory Analysis;
- Lasers and Masers