Initiation of long, free-standing z discharges by CO 2 laser gas heating

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 617-623

  Niemann, C ^a   Tauschwitz, A ^a   Penache, D ^a   Neff, S ^a   Knobloch, R ^a   Birkner, R ^a   Presura, R ^a   Hoffmann, D H H ^a   Yu, S S ^b   Sharp, W M ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA MOLECULES; BEAM TRANSPORT; CAPACITOR BANK; CHANNEL AXIS; DISCHARGE CHANNEL; DISCHARGE INITIATION; FAST SHUTTER; FINAL FOCUS; HIGH-CURRENT DISCHARGES; INITIATION MECHANISM; INTENSE ION BEAMS; ION BEAM TRANSPORT; LAGRANGIAN FLUID CODES; METALLIC CHAMBERS; PREPULSES; RESONANT ABSORPTION;

AMMONIA; CAPACITORS; FUSION REACTORS; GAS HEATING; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 0037080884     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1426239     Document Type: Article

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