Space- and Time-Resolved Interferometry of Plasma-Filled Rod-Pinch Diodes

Digest of Technical Papers-IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 499-502

  Ponce, David M ^a,b   Phipps, David ^a,c   Hinshelwood, David D ^a   Weber, B V ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NRL ^*  (United States)

^c TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA DYNAMICS; PLASMA-FILLED ROD-PINCHED DIODE (PFRP);

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HYDRODYNAMICS; PINCH EFFECT; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA DIODES; RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 1442356480     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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