Effects of the internally produced nonthermal electrons on the temperature diagnostics of a hollow gas shell Z pinch
- 1 April 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 44 (7) , 667-669
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.94863
Abstract
Experimental evidence is presented indicating that a nonthermal electron energy distribution occurs in a collapsing gas shell Z pinch at the time of pinch. It is estimated that these results can be explained if less than 10% of the current is associated with an energetic (∼4 keV) electron beam. Interpreting the spectroscopic diagnostics consistently with the nonthermal electron energy distribution indicates that the temperature of the plasma ‘‘hot spots’’ could be as low as ∼400 eV instead of the 1 keV obtained by assuming a thermal distribution.Keywords
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