Multiwire X-pinches at 1-MA current on the COBRA pulsed-power generator

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 5 III, 2006, Pages 2336-2341

  Shelkovenko, Tatiana A ^a,b   Pikuz, Sergey A ^a,b   Douglass, Jonathan D ^b   Mcbride, Ryan D ^b   Greenly, John B ^b   Hammer, David A ^b  

^a LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulsed power; X pinch; X ray; X ray radiography; X ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA DIODES; PULSE CIRCUITS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

MULTIWIRE X-PINCHES; PULSED-POWER GENERATOR PULSE WAVEFORM; X-PINCH PLASMA FORMATION;

PINCH EFFECT;

EID: 33750404298     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.878362     Document Type: Article

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