Determination of electron temperature of shock-heated plasma from microwave measurements

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Authors

J. M. Minkowski · Johns Hopkins University

Abstract

It is shown that the anomalous results reported for microwave measurements of electron temperature of shock-heated plasma in the range of Mach 9.7 to 10.4 were due to an incorrect model for relating the measured plasma parameters to the electron plasma temperature. A corrected model removes the anomaly.

Topics & Keywords

Plasma Diagnostics and Applications Magnetic confinement fusion research Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and clean energy

Publication Details

Published in: The Physics of Fluids

Volume 16, Issue 7, pp. 1176-1177

DOI: 10.1063/1.1694487

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