Detonation: A mechanism for the explosive release of energy in a plasma

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1848-1852

  Cowley, Steven ^a   Artun, Mehmet ^a   Albright, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DETONATIONS; ENERGY LOSSES; INSTABILITY GROWTH RATES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; METASTABLE STATES; RAYLEIGH TAYLOR INSTABILITY; SOLAR FLARES

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039277243     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: 10897674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.871980     Document Type: Article

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