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Formation of an elongated plasma column by a magnetic confinement of a laser-produced plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

T. Pisarczyk ,
A. Faryński ,
H. Fiedorowicz ,
P. Gogolewski ,
M. Kuśnierz ,
J. Makowski ,
R. Miklaszewski ,
M. Mroczkowski ,
P. Parys  and
M. Szczurek
T. Pisarczyk
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, 00–908 Warsaw 49, P.O. Box 49, Poland
A. Faryński
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, 00–908 Warsaw 49, P.O. Box 49, Poland
H. Fiedorowicz
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, 00–908 Warsaw 49, P.O. Box 49, Poland
P. Gogolewski
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, 00–908 Warsaw 49, P.O. Box 49, Poland
M. Kuśnierz
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, 00–908 Warsaw 49, P.O. Box 49, Poland
J. Makowski
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, 00–908 Warsaw 49, P.O. Box 49, Poland
R. Miklaszewski
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, 00–908 Warsaw 49, P.O. Box 49, Poland
M. Mroczkowski
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, 00–908 Warsaw 49, P.O. Box 49, Poland
P. Parys
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, 00–908 Warsaw 49, P.O. Box 49, Poland
M. Szczurek
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, 00–908 Warsaw 49, P.O. Box 49, Poland
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Abstract

In this article, we present the formation of an elongated plasma column by combining a laser plasma with an external magnetic field. The laser plasma is produced by irradiating solid targets with a focused Nd-glass laser. The targets were placed on the axis of the two, single-turn magnetic coils, which provided a magnetic field up to 500 kg in the target region. The expanding laser plasma is confined by the magnetic field and an elongated and uniform plasma column is formed on the axis of the coils. The plasma column emits strong, soft X-ray radiation. The pinhole photographs show that the plasma column is at least 5 mm long. To study the interaction of the expanding laser plasma with a magnetic field, the laser probing diagnostic was used.

Type
Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , December 1992 , pp. 767 - 776
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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