Zero-Ablation Tests on the HART Augmented Launcher

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 1207-1212

  Stefani, F ^a   Schulman, M B ^a   Woottor, R E ^a   Fikse, D A ^a   Parker, J V ^b  

^a WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0005016221     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.195754     Document Type: Article

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