High-power lasers are used to compress a plasma (a gas of charged particles) by radiation pressure. A laser generating radiationpulses with peak power 1900 MW is focused onto 1.2 mm2 of high-electron-density plasma. Find the pressure exerted on theplasma if the plasma reflects all the light beams directly back along their paths.Numberi1.2E5 *UnitsN/m^2 or Pa

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High-power lasers are used to compress a plasma (a gas of charged particles) by radiation pressure. A laser generating radiation pulses with peak power 190O MW is focused onto 1.2 mm2 of high-electron-density plasma. Find the pressure exerted on the plasma if the plasma reflects all the light beams directly back along their paths.

High-power lasers are used to compress a plasma (a gas of charged particles) by radiation pressure. A laser generating radiation pulses with peak power 190O MW is focused onto 1.2 mm2 of high-electron-density plasma. Find the pressure exerted on the plasma if the plasma reflects all the light beams directly back along their paths.

College Physics

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