Plasmoids for exoatmospheric propagation

A. Kadish, R. A. Nebel, W. R. Shanahan, P. Rosenau

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Abstract

The possibility of reducing the rate of density decay in portions of an unconfined plasma by initial profile shaping is analyzed. For transit times of interest to the SDI program, such structuring may result in gains of several orders of magnitude in on-target plasma density.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)277-280
Number of pages4
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume873
DOIs
StatePublished - 9 May 1988
Externally publishedYes

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