Title :
The Brookhaven-Columbia Plasma Lens
Author :
Forsyth, E.B. ; Lederman, L.M. ; Sunderland, J.
Author_Institution :
Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, L.I., N. Y.
fDate :
6/1/1965 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A uniform current density plasma is generated by discharging a high voltage capacitor bank into two electrodes in a low pressure gas. The magnetic field within the plasma produces achromatic focussing of pions and kaons travelling along the electrode axis.
Keywords :
Battery powered vehicles; Current density; Electrodes; Laboratories; Lenses; Magnetic fields; Mesons; Neutrino sources; Particle beams; Plasma density;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1965.4323749