Characteristic measurements of silicon dioxide aerogel plasmas generated in a Planckian radiation environment

Journal Article · Fri Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2010 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3274449· OSTI ID:21344662

Quanli, Dong; Shoujun, Wang; Yutong, Li; Yi, Zhang; Jing, Zhao ^[1]; Huigang, Wei; Jianrong, Shi; Gang, Zhao ^[2]; Jiyan, Zhang; Yuqiu, Gu; Yongkun, Ding; Tianshu, Wen; Wenhai, Zhang; Xin, Hu; Shenye, Liu; Lin, Zhang; Yongjian, Tang; Baohan, Zhang; Zhijian, Zheng ^[3]; Nishimura, Hiroaki ^[4]

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1. Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 (China)
2. National Astronomical Observatories of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012 (China)
3. Research Center for Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900 (China)
4. Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamada-Oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871 (Japan)

The temporally and spatially resolved characteristics of silicon dioxide aerogel plasmas were studied using x-ray spectroscopy. The plasma was generated in the near-Planckian radiation environment within gold hohlraum targets irradiated by laser pulses with a total energy of 2.4 kJ in 1 ns. The contributions of silicon ions at different charge states to the specific components of the measured absorption spectra were also investigated. It was found that each main feature in the absorption spectra of the measured silicon dioxide aerogel plasmas was contributed by two neighboring silicon ionic species.

• OSTI ID: 21344662
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 17, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3274449; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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