Electron Density of Relativistic Electron Beam Produced Plasmas
- 1 November 1970
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 41 (12) , 4941-4945
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1658567
Abstract
A multiple-pass Mach-Zehnder laser-illuminated interferometer has been constructed and used to measure the electron density profile of plasmas produced by a self-confined propagating electron beam. Spatial and time resolved data were taken perpendicular to the electron beam axis at two longitudinal positions. Densities of 1016 cm−3 have been seen in air between 0.15 and 0.3 Torr as early as 150 nsec after the electron beam entrance. Peak densities of 1017 cm−3 were typically reached at around 2 μsec. Plasma compression was observed under some conditions.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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