Controlled and spontaneous magnetic field generation in a gun-driven spheromak

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Woodruff, S ^a   Cohen, B I ^a   Hooper, E B ^a   McLean, H S ^a   Stallard, B W ^a   Hill, D N ^a   Holcomb, C T ^a   Romero Talamas, C ^b   Wood, R D ^a   Cone, G ^c   Sovinec, C R ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSTATICS; INTEGRATION; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

GUN-DRIVEN SPHEROMAKS; KINK INSTABILITY; LINEAR SCALING; MAGNETIC ENERGY;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 20844434527     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1878772     Document Type: Article

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