
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Brand, GF 
A1  - Heckenberg, NR 
A1  - Watson-Munro, CN 
T1  - Spectral and Microwave Studies of the Decay of a Highly Ionized Hydrogen Plasma
JF  - Australian Journal of Physics
JO  - Aust. J.  Phys.
Y1  - 1969
VL  - 22
IS  - 3
SP  - 337
EP  - 344
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/PH690337 
N2  - The decay of an almost fully ionized hydrogen plasma immersed in a magnetic field of 1 tesla has been investigated spectroscopically and with microwave interferometers at 35 and 120 GHz. It has been found that the plasma decays approximately exponentially in time and that the density-temperature relations in the contracting central column are adequately described in terms of the theoretical predictions of Bates, Kingston, and McWhirter down to densities of about 1 X 1019 m-3 and temperatures of 2000oK. Competing processes of axial and transverse diffusion have been shown to play no significant part in the decay of this plasma. 
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