Scaling microsecond-conduction-time plasma opening switch operation from 2 to 5 MA

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-175

  Rix, W ^a   Coleman, P ^a   Thompson, John R ^a   Husovsky, D ^a   Melcher, P ^a   Commisso, Robert J ^a  

^a MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA DENSITY;

PLASMA OPENING SWITCHES (POS);

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 0031119442     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.602488     Document Type: Article

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