Accession Number:
AD0777877
Title:
An Investigation of Self-Generated Magnetic Fields and Electron Emission in Laser Produced Plasmas.
Descriptive Note:
Doctoral thesis,
Corporate Author:
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CALIF
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1974-03-01
Pagination or Media Count:
138.0
Abstract:
An experimental study of magnetic signals from laser-produced plasmas was performed. From 2 to 30 joules of laser energy impinged upon metallic and hydrocarbon targets in pulse lengths of from 4 to 80 nanoseconds, and at incident angles of 0 degrees and 45 degrees. Two magnetic signals were detected using inductive probes one whose peak intensity is temporally coincident with, and whose rise time is a function of the incident laser pulse length the second longer-lasting and time-delayed from the arrival of the laser pulse on target. Modified author abstract
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Subject Categories:
- Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics