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On self consistent electrostatic fields in inhomogeneous plasmas for the hydrodynamic approximation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

R. Dragila
R. Dragila
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Physics, Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra.
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Abstract

The self consistent electrostatic field due to plasma inhomogeneities and associated with free expansion of a plasma into a vacuum is evaluated in the framework of two-fluid hydrodynamics and the corresponding generalized Rieman's self-similar solution found. The case of an adiabatic expansion is also discussed and the results obtained are applied to a laser produced plasma with a characteristic electron temperature of 1 keV and a characteristic time scale of 1 nsec.

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Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , February 1985 , pp. 79 - 91
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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