Variation of soft X-ray emission with gas pressure in a plasma focus

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1146-1153

  Ng, Chee Mang ^a   Moo, Slew Pheng ^a   Wong, Chiow San ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Hot spots; Plasma focus; Soft x rays

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CAMERAS; ELECTRON BEAMS; HYDROGEN; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; X RAY PRODUCTION;

HOTSPOTS; PLASMA FOCUS; SOFT X RAY EMISSION;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 0032140417     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.725144     Document Type: Article

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