Spatial and temporal evolution of high-energy density plasmas in the composite pinch on GIT-4 generator

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 196-204

  Chuvatin, Alexander ^a   Choi, Peter ^a   Dumitrescu, Carmen ^a   Etlicher, Bernard ^a   Semushin, S ^a   Vie, M ^a   Bayol, F ^a   Morell, A ^a   Baksht, R ^a   Bastrikov, A ^a   Datsko, I ^a   Fedyunin, A ^a   Kim, A ^a   Kokshenev, V ^a   Kovalchuk, B ^a   Loginov, S ^a   Russkikh, A ^a   Shishlov, A ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXPLODING WIRES; PINCH EFFECT; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA DEVICES;

HIGH VOLTAGE PULSED POWER SYSTEMS; INDUCTIVE ENERGY STORAGE GENERATORS;

PLASMA SOURCES;

EID: 0031122988     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.602491     Document Type: Article

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