Plasma Wind Tunnel Investigation of European Ablators in Nitrogen/Methane Using Emission Spectroscopy
Figure 5
(a) Temporal evolution of measured spectra of C2 at 1.4 MW/m² 3 mm in front of probe surface. (b) Measured (black) and simulated (red) spectra at 21.5 mm distance to probe center for plasma condition C1, including the simulated plasma species ( K, K) and CN ( K, K).