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Abstract
Airflow diagnostics of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) HEK-X expansion tube were performed using laser absorption spectroscopy, targeting the molecular oxygen line at 763 nm. A multi-pass cell was constructed inside the test chamber to increase the sensitivity by a factor of 166. The entire measurement system was fixed to the chamber with an antivibration gel to suppress the mechanical vibration caused by recoil at the beginning of the operation. Consequently, the absorption signal was detected at a flow velocity of 5.6 km/s. For the profile analysis, conventional Voigt fitting could not be applied to the measured profile because of the poor signal-to-noise ratio. The absorption profile was analyzed using the area method with measured static pressure. The translational temperature and specific enthalpy were estimated as 900 ± 40 K and 16.7 ± 0.7 MJ/kg, respectively.
期刊介绍:
Vacuum is an international rapid publications journal with a focus on short communication. All papers are peer-reviewed, with the review process for short communication geared towards very fast turnaround times. The journal also published full research papers, thematic issues and selected papers from leading conferences.
A report in Vacuum should represent a major advance in an area that involves a controlled environment at pressures of one atmosphere or below.
The scope of the journal includes:
1. Vacuum; original developments in vacuum pumping and instrumentation, vacuum measurement, vacuum gas dynamics, gas-surface interactions, surface treatment for UHV applications and low outgassing, vacuum melting, sintering, and vacuum metrology. Technology and solutions for large-scale facilities (e.g., particle accelerators and fusion devices). New instrumentation ( e.g., detectors and electron microscopes).
2. Plasma science; advances in PVD, CVD, plasma-assisted CVD, ion sources, deposition processes and analysis.
3. Surface science; surface engineering, surface chemistry, surface analysis, crystal growth, ion-surface interactions and etching, nanometer-scale processing, surface modification.
4. Materials science; novel functional or structural materials. Metals, ceramics, and polymers. Experiments, simulations, and modelling for understanding structure-property relationships. Thin films and coatings. Nanostructures and ion implantation.