Azimuthal structure in wire-array z pinch experiments

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2 II, 2002, Pages 538-546

  Sanford, Thomas W L ^a,b   Roderick, Norman F ^a,c   Mock, Raymond C ^b   Struve, Kenneth W ^a,b   Peterson, Darrell L ^d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ICF; Plasma pinch; z pinch

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTHAL STRUCTURE;

ANODES; COALESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

PINCH EFFECT;

EID: 0036545326     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.1024287     Document Type: Article

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