Observations of the plasma dynamics of a vacuum spark from its soft x-ray emission

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3696-3702

  Chuaqui, H ^a   Favre, M ^a   Saavedra, R ^a   Wyndham, E S ^a   Choi, P ^b   Dumitrescu Zoita, C ^b   Soto, L ^c   Aliaga Rossel, R ^d   Mitchell, I H ^d  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission   (Chile)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CATHODES; ELECTRONS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT EMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PHOTODIODES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROGRAMS; INTERFEROMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; PLASMA DYNAMICS; SOFT X RAY EMISSIONS;

PLASMA SHEATHS;

EID: 0031247059     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.872265     Document Type: Article

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