Investigation of the erosion drop fraction for liquid-metal explosive-emission cathodes

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 851-857

  Popov, Sergey A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH CURRENT ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROP BREAKUP; ELECTRON EMISSION; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; IONS; KINETIC ENERGY; LIQUID METALS; PLASMAS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

DROP FRACTION; EXPLOSIVE ELECTRON EMISSION; LIQUID METAL CATHODE EROSION;

CATHODES;

EID: 0033308904     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.782249     Document Type: Article

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