Ultra-high electron beam power and energy densities using a plasma-filled rod-pinch diode

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 5 PART 2, 2004, Pages 2916-2927

  Weber, B V ^a   Commisso, R J ^a   Cooperstein, G ^a   Hinshelwood, D D ^a   Mosher, D ^a,b   Ottinger, P F ^a   Ponce, D M ^a   Schumer, J W ^a   Stephanakis, S J ^a,b   Strasburg, S D ^a   Swanekamp, S B ^a,b   Young, F C ^a,b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM DEPOSITION; ELECTRON VELOCITIES; ENERGY DENSITIES; PLASMA-FILLED ROD-PINCH (PFRP);

ANODES; CATHODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON EMISSION; ENERGY GAP; INTERFEROMETRY; IONIZATION; PLASMA DENSITY; RADIOGRAPHY; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

PLASMA DIODES;

EID: 2942513138     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1683564     Document Type: Conference Paper

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