Emergence of kinetic behavior in streaming ultracold neutral plasmas

dc.citation.articleNumber43514
dc.citation.issueNumber4
dc.citation.journalTitlePhysics of Plasmas
dc.citation.volumeNumber22
dc.contributor.authorMcQuillen, P.
dc.contributor.authorCastro, J.
dc.contributor.authorBradshaw, S.J.
dc.contributor.authorKillian, T.C.
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-15T17:23:58Z
dc.date.available2017-05-15T17:23:58Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractWe create streaming ultracold neutral plasmas by tailoring the photoionizing laser beam that creates the plasma. By varying the electron temperature, we control the relative velocity of the streaming populations, and, in conjunction with variation of the plasma density, this controls the ion collisionality of the colliding streams. Laser-induced fluorescence is used to map the spatially resolved density and velocity distribution function for the ions. We identify the lack of local thermal equilibrium and distinct populations of interpenetrating, counter-streaming ions as signatures of kinetic behavior. Experimental data are compared with results from a one-dimensional, two-fluid numerical simulation.
dc.identifier.citationMcQuillen, P., Castro, J., Bradshaw, S.J., et al.. "Emergence of kinetic behavior in streaming ultracold neutral plasmas." <i>Physics of Plasmas,</i> 22, no. 4 (2015) AIP Publishing LLC: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4918705.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4918705
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/94257
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAIP Publishing LLC
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dc.titleEmergence of kinetic behavior in streaming ultracold neutral plasmas
dc.typeJournal article
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