Wire number doubling in high-wire-number regime increases Z-accelerator X-ray power

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1086-1093

  Sanford, Thomas W L ^a   Spielman, Rick B ^a   Allshouse, George O ^a   Chandler, George A ^a   Fehl, David L ^a   Stygar, William A ^a   Struve, Kenneth W ^a   Deeney, Christopher ^a   Nash, Thomas J ^a   Seamen, Johann F ^a   Mock, Raymond C ^a   Gilliland, Terrance L ^a   McGurn, John S ^a   Jobe, Daniel O ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasma pinch; Z pinch

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PINCH EFFECT; TUNGSTEN; WIRE; X RAY PRODUCTION;

PLASMA PINCH; Z ACCELERATORS; Z PINCHES;

PLASMA ACCELERATORS;

EID: 0032140207     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.725136     Document Type: Article

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