A heuristic model of the wire array Z-pinch

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1275-1281

  Haines, M G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic confinement; Magnetohydrodynamics; Plasma pinch; X ray production

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC WIRE; HEURISTIC METHODS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOPLASMA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PINCH EFFECT; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA STABILITY; X RAY PRODUCTION;

MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 0032142111     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.725160     Document Type: Article

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