Implosion dynamics of a radiative composite Z-pinch

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1210-1223

  Benattar, R ^a   Ney, P ^a   Nikitin, A ^a   Zakharov, S V ^a   Otochin, A A ^a   Starostin, A N ^a   Stepanov, A E ^a   Roerich, V K ^a   Nikiforov, A F ^a   Novikov, V G ^a   Solomyannaya, A D ^a   Gasilov, V A ^a   Yu Krukovskii, A ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Magnetohydrodynamic; Plasma pinches; Pulse power systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF GASES; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; FUSION REACTIONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PINCH EFFECT; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA STABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; WAVE PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

PLASMA IMPLOSION; PLASMA RADIATION; PLSMA PINCH; PULSE POWER SYSTEMS; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR MODE;

PLASMA CONFINEMENT;

EID: 0032136089     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.725153     Document Type: Article

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