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Magnetohydrodynamic behavior of a laser‐heated solenoid

N. H. Burnett, +1 more
- 01 May 1974 - 
- Vol. 45, Iss: 5, pp 2155-2162
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In this article, the problem of laser-induced heating and radial expansion of a low-density plasma in a solenoidal magnetic field has been examined by means of a Lagrangian computer code incorporating an exact solution of the relevant MHD equations plus thermal conduction.
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The problem of laser‐induced heating and radial expansion of a low‐density plasma in a solenoidal magnetic field has been examined by means of a Lagrangian computer code incorporating an exact solution of the relevant MHD equations plus thermal conduction. It is shown that for long‐term heating with a realistic range of laser power and magnetic field strength, the resulting radial temperature and density profiles can be closely approximated by a quasistatic solution of these equations.

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Quenching of the Nonlocal Electron Heat Transport by Large External Magnetic Fields in a Laser-Produced Plasma Measured with Imaging Thomson Scattering

TL;DR: The temporally resolved Thomson-scattering measurements of the electron temperature profile show that the heat front propagation transverse to a high-power laser beam is slowed resulting in extremely strong local heating.
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Photoinitiated and photosustained laser

H. Seguin, +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the gases and cathode of a TEA CO2 laser are irradiated with uv radiation, and the resulting photoionization and photoemission initiate and assist in sustaining a high energy low field strength discharge.

Quenching of the nonlocal electron heat transport by large external magnetic fields in a laser produced plasma measured with imaging Thomson scattering

TL;DR: In this article, the quenching of nonlocal heat transport in a laser-generated plasma by high external magnetic fields was measured using imaging Thomson scattering, and the results were simulated with the 2D hydrodynamic code LASNEX with a recently included magnetic field model that self-consistently evolves the fields in the plasma.
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Conditions for soft x‐ray lasing action in a confined plasma column

TL;DR: In this paper, the idea of using a multi-Z (e.g., carbon, oxygen) thin plasma column as a medium for soft x-ray lasing action is presented.
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High magnetic field generation for laser-plasma experiments

TL;DR: In this article, an electromagnetic solenoid was developed to study the effect of magnetic fields on electron thermal transport in laser plasmas, which was driven by a pulsed power system supplying 30 kJ.
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Difference methods for initial-value problems

TL;DR: In this article, differentielles and stabilite were used for differentiable transport in the context of transfert de chaleur and ondes Reference Record created on 2005-11-18, modified on 2016-08-08
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High‐Frequency Conductivity and the Emission and Absorption Coefficients of a Fully Ionized Plasma

John M. Dawson, +1 more
- 01 Jan 1962 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the problem of the ac conductivity of a fully ionized plasma is investigated for frequencies embracing the plasma frequency, and the finite duration of encounters is taken into account in a self-consistent fashion which includes collective effects.
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Nonlinear Behavior of Stimulated Brillouin and Raman Scattering in Laser-Irradiated Plasmas

TL;DR: In this paper, analytic theory and inhomogeneous plasma simulations are presented to show the nonlinear development of the Brillouin and Raman backscatter instabilities, but particle trapping and heating effects associated with the excited electrostatic wave can significantly reduce this.
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A 300-J multigigawatt CO 2 laser

TL;DR: In this article, a transverse electric discharge scheme has been proposed for large volumes of CO 2, N 2, and He mixtures with beam cross sections up to 60 cm2in area.
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