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Dynamics of plasmas produced by a laser pulse, inside a dense gaseous target, formed in an ambient gas
- Source :
- Physics of Plasmas. 29:093302
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- AIP Publishing, 2022.
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Abstract
- In this work, the time development of plasmas produced by interaction of laser pulses, with a nitrogen gas, was investigated. The interaction took place inside a small portion of dense nitrogen gas injected temporarily into a chamber filled with the gas under low pressure. High-temperature plasmas produced directly by the laser pulse were a source of soft x rays and charged particles, ionizing and exciting the surrounding gas. In this way, low-temperature plasmas were produced. The formation of high-temperature plasmas was studied using soft x-ray spectroscopy and x-ray streak imaging. Low-temperature plasmas formed at various distances from the laser focus were investigated using an optical streak camera. Interpretation of the experimental data was supported by numerical modeling of the laser-produced plasma hydrodynamics. It was concluded that depending on the distance from the focal spot, the formation of the low-temperature plasmas was dominated by ion streams or by soft x-ray radiation.
- Subjects :
- Condensed Matter Physics
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Details
- ISSN :
- 10897674 and 1070664X
- Volume :
- 29
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physics of Plasmas
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........fbf29d5cfc3a652a3ae9495d24be8522