Design, fabrication, and operation of a high-energy liner implosion experiment at 16 megamperes

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 5 I, 2002, Pages 1777-1788

  Turchi, Peter J ^a   Alvey, K ^b   Adams, C ^c   Anderson, B ^c   Anderson, H D ^b   Anderson, Wallace E ^c   Armijo, E ^c   Atchison, W L ^c   Bartos, J ^c   Bowers, Richard L ^c   Cameron, B ^c   Cavazos, T ^d   Coffey, S ^e   Corrow, R ^b   Degnan, James H ^a   Echave, J ^b   Froggett, B ^b   Gale, D ^d   Garcia, F ^c   Guzik, Joyce A ^c   Henneke, B ^c   Kanzleiter, Randall J ^c   Kiuttu, G ^a   Lebeda, C ^c   Olson, Russell T ^c   Oro, D ^c   Parker, J V ^c   Peterkin Jr , Robert E ^a   Peterson, K ^b   Pritchett, R ^b   Randolph, R B ^c   Reinovsky, Robert E ^c   Roberts, J ^c   Rodriguez, G ^c   Sandoval, D ^c   Sandoval, G ^c   Salazar, M A ^c   Sommars, W ^d   Steckle, W ^c   Stokes, John L ^c   Studebaker, J ^c   Tabaka, L ^c   Taylor, A J ^c   more..

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BECHTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^e NUMEREX   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Implosions; Liners; Megampere

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC INSULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; POLYETHYLENES; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

BANK INSULATION; HIGH-ENERGY LINER; LINER CASSETTE INSULATOR; LINER IMPLOSION;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 12244295181     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.805447     Document Type: Article

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