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X-ray diagnostics of dense plasmas produced by high-energy heavy ions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

W. Laux
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, 64220 Darmstadt, Germany
J. Jacoby
Affiliation:
Physikalisches Institut, Abt. I, Universität Erlangen, Erwin-Rommel-Straße 1 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
D.H.H. Hoffmann
Affiliation:
Physikalisches Institut, Abt. I, Universität Erlangen, Erwin-Rommel-Straße 1 91058 Erlangen, Germany.

Abstract

Plasmas with solid-state density at temperatures of a few eV will be produced in the near future at GSI by high-energy heavy ions. To diagnose these plasmas, novel methods–based on hard X-ray diagnostics–have to be applied. An investigation of the hydrodynamic expansion of the target requires a space- and time-resolved measurement of the plasma density. The determination of the target density independently of its temperature is obtained by a special X-ray pinhole camera enabling a selective registration of the target K-shell emission in combination with space- and time-resolved beam intensity measurements.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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