Two-dimensional MHD simulations of a neon z pinch on Hawk

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2 II, 2002, Pages 488-497

  Schumer, Joseph W ^a,b   Mosher, David ^b   Moosman, Bryan ^b,c   Weber, Bruce V ^b   Commisso, Robert J ^a,b   Qi, Niansheng ^a,d   Schein, Jochen ^a,d   Krishnan, Mahadevan ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CYMER INC   (United States)

^d ALAMEDA APPLIED SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

MHD simulations; Neon gas puff; Plasma radiation source; Snow plow implosions; Z pinch

Indexed keywords

PLASMA RADIATION SOURCES;

AXIAL FLOW; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETERS; NEON; NOZZLES; RADIATION;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0036549742     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.1024281     Document Type: Article

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