The atlas project - A new pulsed power facility for high energy density physics experiments

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 205-211

  Mark Parsons, W ^a   Ballard, E O ^a   Bartsch, R R ^a   Benage, J F ^a   Bennett, G A ^a   Bowers, R L ^a   Bowman, D W ^a   Brownell, J H ^a   Cochrane, J C ^a   Davis, H A ^a   Ekdahl, Carl A ^a   Gribble, R F ^a   Griego, Jeffrey R ^a   Goldstone, P D ^a   Jones, M E ^a   Hinckley, W B ^a   Hosack, Keith W ^a   Kasik, R J ^a   Lee, H ^a   Lopez, E A ^a   Lindemuth, Irvin R ^a   Monroe, M D ^a   Moses Jr , Ronald W ^a   Ney, Stephen A ^a   Platts, D ^a   Reass, W A ^a   Salazar, H R ^a   Sandoval, George M ^a   Scudder, D W ^a   Shlachter, Jack S ^a   Clark Thompson, M ^a   Trainer, R J ^a   Valdez, G A ^a   Watt, R G ^a   Wurden, Glen Anthony ^a   Younger, S M ^a   more..

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

PULSED POWER FACILITIES;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 0031124764     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.602492     Document Type: Article

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