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Spatial profile of plasma temperature generated by discharge in 3D printed capillary

Plasma Physics 2024-01-30 v1

Abstract

A method for evaluating the radial temperature profile of a plasma channel is presented. The radiation spectrum of mixture of Hydrogen Nitrogen plasma in capillary discharge is collected. Assuming a local thermal equilibrium, the temperature is derived from the ratio of two emission lines (N +,N 2+). The method presented here does not rely on Stark broadening of the emitted H-alpha line hence can be utilized in a wide range of plasma constituents and densities, leading to an improved control of the plasma channel parameters as required by future laser wakefield acceleration schemes.

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@article{arxiv.2401.15705,
  title  = {Spatial profile of plasma temperature generated by discharge in 3D printed capillary},
  author = {Niv Barkai and Noa kliss and Yair Ferber and Yoav Raz and Rotem Liran and Mordechai Botton and Arie Zigler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.15705},
  year   = {2024}
}