The K-shell radiation of a double gas puff z-pinch with an axial magnetic field

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 255-264

  Chaikovsky, S A ^a   Labetsky, A Yu ^a   Oreshkin, V I ^a   Shishlov, A V ^a   Baksht, R B ^a   Fedunin, A V ^a   Rousskikh, A G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH CURRENT ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Axial magnetic field; Implosion stability; K shell radiation source; Z pinch

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; KRYPTON; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

DOUBLE GAS PUFF Z-PINCH; IMPLOSION STABILITY; K-SHELL PLASMA RADIATION;

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

EID: 0344465350     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034603212143     Document Type: Article

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