Optical measurements of plasma dynamics in carbon fiber Z-pinches

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1101-1107

  Aliaga Rosse, R ^a,b   Lebedev, S V ^a   Chittenden, J P ^a   Mitchell, I H ^a   Saavedra, R ^a   Dangor, A E ^a   Haines, M G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Carbon; Plasma measurements; Plasma pinch; Plasmas; Pulse power system

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; FUSION REACTIONS; INTERFEROMETRY; PINCH EFFECT; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA STABILITY; SCHLIEREN SYSTEMS; STREAK CAMERAS; X RAY PRODUCTION;

PLASMA DYNAMICS; Z PINCHES;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 0032138903     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.725138     Document Type: Article

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