Incoherent Thomson scattering: future implementation and measurement capabilities on the PANDORA experiment
The PANDORA (Plasmas for Astrophysics Nuclear Decays Observation and Radiation for Archaeometry) experiment aims to study the β-decay process inside a dense plasma mimicking stellar conditions. An electron cyclotron resonance plasma trap will be built at INFN-LNS in Catania, Italy, for the generatio...
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| description | The PANDORA (Plasmas for Astrophysics Nuclear Decays Observation and Radiation for Archaeometry) experiment aims to study the β-decay process inside a dense plasma mimicking stellar conditions. An electron cyclotron resonance plasma trap will be built at INFN-LNS in Catania, Italy, for the generation of the desired conditions in the laboratory. This type of non-equilibrium dense plasma (reaching densities of up to 1013 cm−3) is expected to generate electron energy distribution functions with electron energies ranging from tens of eV up to tens of keV. In this work, we describe aspects of a planned implementation of an incoherent Thomson scattering diagnostic for the study of electron properties in the plasma trap of PANDORA. The performance of this high-sensitivity diagnostic, known as THETIS, has been previously validated in measurements across a range of low-density magnetized plasma environments and it is expected to provide access to electron energy information in PANDORA in the range of temperatures from 1 to 103 eV. This article will establish the potential of such a diagnostic for future characterization of the electron properties in the PANDORA experiment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9e2a2e8d9f8a4a6e8aa336aa0fc25c552022-12-22T03:44:26ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences2296-987X2022-08-01910.3389/fspas.2022.936532936532Incoherent Thomson scattering: future implementation and measurement capabilities on the PANDORA experimentS. Tsikata0L. Maunoury1J-E. Ducret2Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Combustion, Aérothermique, Réactivité et Environnement (ICARE), Orléans, FranceGrand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds (GANIL), Caen, FranceGrand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds (GANIL), Caen, FranceThe PANDORA (Plasmas for Astrophysics Nuclear Decays Observation and Radiation for Archaeometry) experiment aims to study the β-decay process inside a dense plasma mimicking stellar conditions. An electron cyclotron resonance plasma trap will be built at INFN-LNS in Catania, Italy, for the generation of the desired conditions in the laboratory. This type of non-equilibrium dense plasma (reaching densities of up to 1013 cm−3) is expected to generate electron energy distribution functions with electron energies ranging from tens of eV up to tens of keV. In this work, we describe aspects of a planned implementation of an incoherent Thomson scattering diagnostic for the study of electron properties in the plasma trap of PANDORA. The performance of this high-sensitivity diagnostic, known as THETIS, has been previously validated in measurements across a range of low-density magnetized plasma environments and it is expected to provide access to electron energy information in PANDORA in the range of temperatures from 1 to 103 eV. This article will establish the potential of such a diagnostic for future characterization of the electron properties in the PANDORA experiment.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2022.936532/fullincoherent Thomson scatteringelectron densitylaser diagnosticselectron temperatureelectron cyclotron resonance (ECR)stellar plasmas |
| spellingShingle | S. Tsikata L. Maunoury J-E. Ducret Incoherent Thomson scattering: future implementation and measurement capabilities on the PANDORA experiment Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences incoherent Thomson scattering electron density laser diagnostics electron temperature electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) stellar plasmas |
| title | Incoherent Thomson scattering: future implementation and measurement capabilities on the PANDORA experiment |
| title_full | Incoherent Thomson scattering: future implementation and measurement capabilities on the PANDORA experiment |
| title_fullStr | Incoherent Thomson scattering: future implementation and measurement capabilities on the PANDORA experiment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Incoherent Thomson scattering: future implementation and measurement capabilities on the PANDORA experiment |
| title_short | Incoherent Thomson scattering: future implementation and measurement capabilities on the PANDORA experiment |
| title_sort | incoherent thomson scattering future implementation and measurement capabilities on the pandora experiment |
| topic | incoherent Thomson scattering electron density laser diagnostics electron temperature electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) stellar plasmas |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2022.936532/full |
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