Fireball ejection from a molten hot spot to air by localized microwaves

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Dikhtyar, Vladimir ^a   Jerby, Eli ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; RESONANCE; SUBSTRATES;

FIREBALL EJECTION; MICROWAVE POWER; MOLTEN HOT SPOT;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 33144456229     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.045002     Document Type: Article

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