Measurements of the optical emission of a dense bismuth plasma during its adiabatic expansion
Kvitov S. V., Bushman A. V., Kulish M. I., Lomonosov I. V., Polishchuk A. Ya., Semenov A. Yu., Ternovoi V. Ya., Filimonov A. S., Fortov V. E.
Experiments have been carried out to detect the optical emission from a collisional bismuth plasma produced upon the emergence of an intense shock wave at a free surface. The results are reported. The observed temperature is compared with temperatures calculated from various models of a dense collisional plasma.