Ultracompact pulsed power

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1197-1203

  Fazio, Michael V ^a   Kirbie, Hugh C ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compact pulsed power; Pulse generation; Pulsed power system switches; Pulsed power systems

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COOLING; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; HYDROGEN; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; X RAYS;

COMPACT PULSED POWER; PULSE GENERATION; PULSED POWER SYSTEM SWITCHES; PULSED POWER SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 21244431553     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2004.829002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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