Accession Number:
ADA106390
Title:
Experiments on the Interaction of Highpower Microwaves with Air.
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. 4 Apr 80-4 Jun 81,
Corporate Author:
MISSION RESEARCH CORP ALEXANDRIA VA
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Report Date:
1981-07-01
Pagination or Media Count:
37.0
Abstract:
The physics of gas breakdown for large collision frequency, nuomega 1, is being pursued at the Naval Research Laboratory. The hybrid inverted coaxial magnetron, 500MW, 3.2 Ghz, 30ns pulse width, allows investigation of gas breakdown in the high nuomega regime. The 35 Ghz gyrotron, 150KW, 300pps, allows investigation in a moderate nuomega regime. Large gas breakdown plasma densities have been measured, n approx. 100 n sub c. Spectral measurements have been made showing only excitation of molecular bands. Preliminary propagation experiments have also been performed. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Atomic and Molecular Physics and Spectroscopy
- Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics