Spectral and Microwave Studies of the Decay of a Highly Ionized Hydrogen Plasma
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- 1 January 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by CSIRO Publishing in Australian Journal of Physics
- Vol. 22 (3) , 337-344
- https://doi.org/10.1071/ph690337
Abstract
The decay of an almost fully ionized hydrogen plasma immersed in a magnetic field of 1 tesla has been investigated spectroscopically and with microwave interferometers at 35 and 120 GHz. It has been found that the plasma decays approximately exponentially in time and that the density-temperature relations in the contracting central column are adequately described in terms of the theoretical predictions of Bates, Kingston, and McWhirter down to densities of about 1 X 1019 m-3 and temperatures of 2000oK. Competing processes of axial and transverse diffusion have been shown to play no significant part in the decay of this plasma.Keywords
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