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Accession Number:
AD0612152
Title:
DECAY OF ELECTRON DENSITY IN THE WAKES OF HYPERVELOCITY SPHERES
Corporate Author:
MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH LEXINGTON LINCOLN LAB
Report Date:
1964-12-23
Abstract:
The electron line density in the wakes of hypervelocity aluminum and copper spheres traveling 18,000 to 21,000 feet per second was measured as a function of time, by means of a transmission resonant cavity. The ambient pressure was varied over the range of 10 to 160 torrs to determine its influence on the electron density decay. Typical results are given for measurements of the electron density in air and in nitrogen. A significant electron density was found to persist in nitrogen trails for long times, because the electron-ion recombination reaction is the only important electron removal process. In air, electron attachment becomes the predominant process for electron decay, after an initial period when electron-ion recombination controls the decay. Results on the effect of ablated aluminum and sabot material on the electron density decay are given. Electron decay data which can be repeated from shot to shot, without large discrepancies, are shown to be obtainable under carefully controlled experimental conditions.
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.
Supplementary Note:
DOI: 10.21236/AD0612152
Pages:
0020
Distribution Statement:
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Contract Number:
AF 19(628)-500
Contract Number 2:
ARPA ORDER-600
File Size:
5.70MB
