Wire array implosion characteristics from determination of load inductance on the Z pulsed-power accelerator

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 5 PART 1, 2004, Pages 2009-2013

  Waisman, Eduardo M ^a   Cuneo, M E ^a   Stygar, W A ^a   Lemke, R W ^a   Struve, K W ^a   Wagoner, T C ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b KTECH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOAD CURRENTS; LOAD INDUCTANCE; MAGNETICALLY INSULATED TRANSMISSION LINES (MITL); Z PULSED-POWER ACCELERATORS;

ELECTRIC INSULATION; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; EQUATIONS OF STATE; INDUCTANCE; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PLASMA DEVICES; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 2942553021     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1689969     Document Type: Article

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