Implosion dynamics of wire array Z-pinches: Experiments at imperial college

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Lebedev, S V ^a   Ampleford, D J ^a   Bland, S N ^a   Bott, S C ^a   Chittenden, J P ^a   Jennings, C ^a   Haines, M G ^a   Palmer, J B A ^b   Rapley, J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AWE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LASER ABLATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CORONAL PLASMA; CURRENT SHEATH; IMPOLSION DYNAMICS; WIRE ARRAY Z-PINCHES;

PINCH EFFECT;

EID: 11144342223     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/44/12/S12     Document Type: Article

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