Magnetic field imaging in a laboratory plasma

Autor: T. J. Gilbert, K. J. Stevenson, M. C. Paul, T. E. Steinberger, E. E. Scime
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: AIP Advances, Vol 11, Iss 5, Pp 055314-055314-5 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2158-3226
DOI: 10.1063/5.0052957
Popis: In laboratory plasmas, arrays of probes have typically been used to measure the evolution of the magnetic field topology. Here, we present initial image-based measurements of the magnetic topology in a low-temperature plasma using a purely optical diagnostic. Laser induced fluorescence measurements of neutral velocity distribution functions are made using a fast camera, imaging the Zeeman splitting of σ-peaks in neutral argon. The separation of σ-peaks provides spatially resolved magnetic field magnitude measurements with a detection threshold on the order of 10 G.
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