Preliminary Results on Focusing of High-Density Aerosols

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Abstract

High-density micron-sized particle aerosols might form the basis for a number of plasma applications in which a certain shaped material target might be quickly ionized to form a similarly shaped plasma. While the focusing of low-density aerosols has long been studied, primarily for forensic applications, the aerodynamic focusing of high-density aerosols has received relatively little attention. A relatively simple experimental device was built to study the properties of high-density aerosol focusing for 1-micron silica spheres. Preliminary results show focusing at low densities, whereas at higher densities the focusing changes. There also appears to be a density beyond which focusing does not occur.

Authors

  • D.E. Ruiz

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • L. Gunderson

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • N.J. Fisch

    Princeton University, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • M.J. Hay

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Enrique Merino

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton Plasma Physics Lab

  • E.J. Valeo

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, PPPL

  • S. Wissel

    UCLA, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • S. Zweben

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ 08543, PPPL, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory