Neutron and fast ion emission from PF-1000 facility equipped with new large electrodes

Nukleonika

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL.1, 2001, Pages

  Szydlowski, Adam ^a   Scholz, Marek ^a   Karpinski, Leslaw ^a   Sadowski, Marek ^a   Tomaszewski, Krzysztof ^a   Paduch, Marian ^a  

^a SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fast ion beam; Neutron emission anisotropy; Neutron yield; Plasma focus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002070883     PISSN: 00295922     EISSN: 15085791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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