Some experimental research on anisotropic effects in the neutron emission of dense plasma-focus devices

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1499-1506

  Castillo Mejia F ^a,b   Milanese, M ^a   Moroso, R ^a   Pouzo, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; JETS; NEUTRON EMISSION; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA DEVICES;

ANISOTROPIC EFFECTS; DENSE PLASMA FOCUS DEVICES; FARADAY CUP; NEUTRON FLUX; NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTOR; PLASMA JET; SPATIAL CHARGE SEPARATION EFFECTS; THERMONUCLEAR MODEL;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0001541451     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/30/10/017     Document Type: Article

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