Investigations of compression plasma flows in quasistationary plasma accelerators by interference-shadowgrafy methods

Abstract

Results of shadowgraphic and interferometric studies of physical processes in both a magnetoplasma compressor (MPC) and a two-stage quasistationary high-current plasma accelerator (QHPA) of P-50M type are presented. Use of these methods has enabled definition of basic gas- and thermodynamic parameters of plasma flows in such accelerators.