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Title: Aerodynamic Focusing Of High-Density Aerosols

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1129015· OSTI ID:1129015

High-density micron-sized particle aerosols might form the basis for a number of applications in which a material target with a particular shape might be quickly ionized to form a cylindrical or sheet shaped plasma. A simple experimental device was built in order to study the properties of high-density aerosol focusing for 1 m silica spheres. Preliminary results recover previous findings on aerodynamic focusing at low densities. At higher densities, it is demonstrated that the focusing properties change in a way which is consistent with a density dependent Stokes number.

Research Organization:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
DE-ACO2-09CH11466
OSTI ID:
1129015
Report Number(s):
PPPL-4992
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English