Compact submicrosecond, high current generator for wire explosion experiments

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-74

  Aranchuk, L E ^a   Chuvatin, A S ^a   Larour, J ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; CATHODES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC LOADS; INDUCTANCE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA STABILITY; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS;

MAGNETICALLY INSULATED TRANSMISSION LINES (MITL); POINT PROJECTION RADIOGRAPHY; WIRE EXPLOSION;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 0942278475     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1632995     Document Type: Article

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