Yu.D. Bogunenko, G.A. Bondarenko, G.V. Dolgoljova, W.A. Zhmajlo, A.G. Kravchenko, E.A. Novikova, V.A. Starodubtsev, V.P. Statsenko
Russian Federal Nuclear Center - All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics
(RFNC-VNIIFF), Sarov, Niz. Novgorod reg., Russia
A plasma cloud was obtained by laser irradiation of spherical targets in the vacuum chamber. The measurements and calculations of plasma cloud parameters are described. Properties of laser impulse: E = 10²J, t = 0,5 nsec,
l = 1,315 mm. Background air pressure: 10-2 torr.