Experiments on plasma arcs at a water–air interface

Jacobs, M.; Gekelman, W.; Pribyl, P.; Qian, Y.; Abarzhi, S.

doi:10.1063/5.0040880

Title: Experiments on plasma arcs at a water–air interface

Journal Article · Wed May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0040880· OSTI ID:1849047

Jacobs, M. ^[1];

^[1]; Pribyl, P. ^[1]; Qian, Y. ^[1];

^[2]

Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Univ. of Western Australia, Perth, WA (Australia). Dept. of Physics

An exploding water plasma experiment at UCLA investigated the expansion and morphology of a fireball with and without an external magnetic field. Diagnostics include photographs and movies (which may be downloaded) acquired with a framing camera, magnetic probes, and visible light spectra. The expansion and internal magnetic fields are very different from the unmagnetized case when a magnetic field of order 300G is applied along the expansion axis. Visible light spectra are brighter and additional lines are seen in the presence of the magnetic field. The experiment can serve as a platform for studies of interfacial mixing and possibly shed light on very different processes such as laser target physics.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: FC02-07ER54918; NSF-PHY 1561912; DOE DE-FC02-07ER54918)

OSTI ID:: 1849047

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1784803

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 28, Issue 5; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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