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Selective Population of the n = 3 Levels of Lithium like Aluminium in Interpenetrating Plasmas
Author(s) -
Aschke L.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3986(200004)40:1/2<72::aid-ctpp72>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - charge exchange , aluminium , plasma , lithium (medication) , materials science , pinhole (optics) , atomic physics , charge (physics) , population , charge density , ion , physics , nuclear physics , composite material , optics , medicine , demography , quantum mechanics , sociology , endocrinology
This paper reports on investigations of the interaction region of colliding laser‐produced plasmas. Pinhole images are taken and spectroscopic investigations of the interaction zone are performed. They verify theoretical predictions for charge‐exchange collissions of He‐like aluminium with Al IV producing Al XI in n = 3 levels. It will be shown that colliding plasmas of different temperature and density interpenetrate by using charge‐exchange reactions as a diagnostic tool.