The dynamics of single and nested nickel wire array Z pinch implosions

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2 II, 2002, Pages 552-558

  Beg, F N ^a   Lebedev, S V ^a   Bland, S N ^a   Chittenden, J ^a   Dangor, A E ^a   Haines, M G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Implosion; Wire array Z pinches; X rays

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NICKEL; PLASMAS; TUNGSTEN; WIRE; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

PINCH IMPLOSIONS; WIRE ARRAYS;

PINCH EFFECT;

EID: 0036549788     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.1024289     Document Type: Article

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