An Electron-Beam Triggered Spark Gap

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1980, Pages 181-185

  Mcdonald, K ^a   Newton, M ^b   Kunhardt, E E ^a   Kristiansen, M ^a   Guenther, A H ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Lawrence Livermore ^*  (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS;

ELECTRIC SPARK GAPS;

EID: 0019058798     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.1980.4317300     Document Type: Article

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