Plasma imaging and spectroscopy diagnostics developed on 100-500-kA pulsed power devices

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1110-1121

  Sinars, Daniel B ^a   Gregorian, Lev ^b   Hammer, David A ^c   Maron, Yitzhak ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasma pinch; Ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy; X ray imaging; X ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PERSONNEL TRAINING; STUDENTS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

PLASMA IMAGING; PLASMA PHYSICS; PLASMA PINCH; X RAY IMAGING;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 21244447584     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2004.829010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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