Charge state of fast heavy ions in a hydrogen plasma

Journal Article · Mon Dec 21 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.3623· OSTI ID:6988407

Dietrich, K; Hoffmann, D H.H.; Boggasch, E; Jacoby, J; Wahl, H; Elfers, M; Haas, C R; Dubenkov, V P; Golubev, A A ^[1]

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1. Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Postfach 110552, D-6100 Darmstadt (Germany) Max-Planck-Institut fuer Quantenoptik (MPQ), D-8046 Garching (Germany) Lehrstuhl fuer Lasertechnik, Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen, D-5100 Aachen (Germany) Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 117259 Moscow (Russia)

We report the first charge-state measurements of fast heavy ions passing through a plasma target. The projectiles were [sup 40]Ar ions at an energy of 4.8 MeV/amu and [sup 129]Xe ions at an energy of 5.9 MeV/amu. The target was a 20-cm-long [ital Z] pinch discharge which provided fully ionized hydrogen plasma with free electron densities up to 1.5[times]10[sup 19] cm[sup [minus]3]. The measured charge-state distributions are in excellent agreement with theoretical calculations. For Xe ions an increase of the ion charge state in plasma over the charge state in cold gas was observed.

• OSTI ID: 6988407
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (United States) Vol. 69:25; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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ARGON 40
ARGON IONS
ARGON ISOTOPES
BEAM INJECTION
BEAM-PLASMA SYSTEMS
CHARGE STATE
CHARGED PARTICLES
DATA
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY RANGE
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HEAVY IONS
HYDROGEN
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
ION BEAM INJECTION
IONS
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MEV RANGE
MEV RANGE 01-10
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
PLASMA
PLASMA DENSITY
PROJECTILES
RADIOISOTOPES
STABLE ISOTOPES
TARGETS
XENON 129
XENON IONS
XENON ISOTOPES