Observations of vacuum spark dynamics from its X-ray emission

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1162-1167

  Chuaqui, Hernân ^a   Favre, M ^a   Saavedra, Renato ^a   Wyndham, Edmund S ^a   Soto, Leopoldo ^a   Choi, Peter ^a   Dumitrescu Zoita, Carmen ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Plasma measurements; Plasma pinch; X ray measurements

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANODES; ELECTRIC SPARKS; PINCH EFFECT; PLASMA SHEATHS; TITANIUM; X RAY PRODUCTION;

VACUUM SPARKS; X RAY EMISSION;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 0032138956     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.725146     Document Type: Article

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