Experimental determination of gap scaling in a plasma opening switch

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 3790-3796

  Black, D C ^a,b   Commisso, R J ^a   Ottinger, P F ^a   Swanekamp, S B ^a,c   Weber, B V ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^c TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 0000219370     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1287914     Document Type: Article

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