Independent Determinations of Temperature and Ionization Balance in a Laser-Produced Plasma by Use of-Shell X-Ray Spectra
- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 58 (22) , 2300-2303
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.58.2300
Abstract
We outline a method for determining independently the electron temperature and charge-state distribution in plasmas by use of ratios of sodiumlike satellite and neonlike resonance x-ray emission. The technique is applied to a bromine plasma produced by laser irradiation of a microdot. Results are consistent with the formation in the corona of a recombining plasma. The temperature is found to decrease with distance in the corona.Keywords
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