Electron-ion equilibration in a strongly coupled plasma
- 1 October 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 52 (4) , 4299-4310
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.52.4299
Abstract
A recent study on the optical emission from a shock front in flight in silicon has revealed significant deviations of the shock-produced state from thermodynamic equilibrium. The findings also yielded an estimate of the rate of energy equilibration between electrons and ions in a plasma above solid densities, providing important insight into the transport properties of a strongly coupled plasma. Highlights of this study have been reported earlier. Here, we present a detailed account of the theoretical calculation, the experimental measurement, and the interpretation of the results.Keywords
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