Overview of the 6-MV, rod-pinch experiment on ASTERIX

Digest of Technical Papers-IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 479-482

  Commisso, R J ^a   Young, F C ^a,e   Allen, R J ^a   Mosher, D ^a   Swanekamp, S B ^a,e   Cooperstein, G ^a   Bayol, F ^b   Garrigues, A ^b   Delbos, C ^b   Nicot, G ^b   Vermare, C ^c   Delvaux, J ^c   Horde Y ^c   Merle, E ^c   Nicolas, R ^c   Nore D ^c   Pierret, O ^c   Rosol, Y R ^c   Tailleur, Y ^c   Veron L ^c   Oliver, B V ^d,f   Rose, D V ^d,f   Rovang, D ^d   Johnson, D L ^d,e   Maenchen, J ^d   Prestwich, K ^d,g   more..

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES DE GRAMAT   (France)

^c Polygone Experimentation M ^*  (France)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^f MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^g Prestwich Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH-POWER PULSED RADIOGRAPHY; RADIATION SOURCES;

DIODES; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOGRAPHY;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 10744233009     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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