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Production of a high-density, long scale-length iron plasma using a capillary discharge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

W.J. Blyth ,
N.C. Woolsey ,
J.S. Wark ,
P.E. Young ,
A. Zigler  and
S.J. Rose
W.J. Blyth
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, 0X1 3PU, UK
N.C. Woolsey
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, 0X1 3PU, UK
J.S. Wark
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, 0X1 3PU, UK
P.E. Young
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
A. Zigler
Affiliation:
Hebrew University, Jerusalem
S.J. Rose
Affiliation:
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot OX11 OQX, UK,; and Department of Physics and Space Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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Abstract

The production of a long scale-length plasma of electron density 1020–1021 cm-3, measuring 10 X 0.5 mm using a laser-heated capillary discharge is reported. X-ray spectroscopic measurements have been performed which show that the plasma constituents can be varied by changing the material that lines the exit slit of the device. The capillary thus provides a useful source of large underdense plasmas created from solid materials suitable for laser-plasma interaction studies. Numerical simulations consistent with spectroscopic studies suggest that temperatures up to about 700 eV were achieved following irradiation of these plasmas by high-power laser light.

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Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , December 1994 , pp. 751 - 757
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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