Particle-in-cell simulations of electron flow in the post-hole convolute of the Z accelerator

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 4534-4544

  Pointon, T D ^a   Stygar, W A ^a   Spielman, R B ^a   Ives, H C ^a   Struve, K W ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 0442291715     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1401118     Document Type: Article

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