INVESTIGATION OF THE TRANSMISSION AND STOPPING OF LIGHT IONS PASSING THROUGH A PLASMA TARGET

Authors :: M. Dumail
A. Servajean
R. Bimbot
H. Wahl
C. Fleurier
Gilles Maynard
D. Gardès
A. Sanba
Claude Deutsch
Serge Della-Negra
D.H.H. Hoffmann
M. F. Rivet
B. Kubica
A. Richard
K. Weyrich
Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)
Source :: Journal de Physique Colloques, Atomic Physics for Ion Driven Fusion 4, Atomic Physics for Ion Driven Fusion 4, 1988, Orsay, France. pp.C7-151-C7-157, ⟨10.1051/jphyscol:1988717⟩
Publication Year :: 1988
Publisher :: EDP Sciences, 1988.
Abstract: Transmission and energy losses of 2 MeV/u Carbon and Sulphur beams passing through a plasma target, have been extensively investigated. A hydrogen plasma ignited by an electrical discharge was coupled to the Orsay Tandem beam accelerator. Fluctuations in beam transmission have been observed and attributed to a magnetic focusing effect generated during the plasma evolution. Energy loss measurements were performed on the basis of time of flight techniques and indicate an enhanced stopping power of the plasma relative to its cold matter equivalent.

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