• DocumentCode
    2783360
  • Title

    Optical probing of laser-produced plasmas for laboratory simulations of magnetic astrophysical jets

  • Author

    Brady, Parrish ; Valanju, Prashant ; Bengtson, Roger ; Ditmire, Todd

  • Author_Institution
    Department of physics, The University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We investigate laboratory simulations of magnetic astrophysical jets using optical probing. We have observed differences in laser-produced plasmas with and without a magnetic field using interferometric measurements.
  • Keywords
    Extraterrestrial measurements; Laboratories; Magnetic field measurement; Optical interferometry; Plasma confinement; Plasma density; Plasma devices; Plasma measurements; Plasma simulation; Plasma temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431077
  • Filename
    4431077