Z-pinch plasma neutron sources

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Velikovich, A L ^a   Clark, R W ^a   Davis, J ^a   Chong, Y K ^a   Deeney, C ^b   Coverdale, C A ^b   Ruiz, C L ^b   Cooper, G W ^c   Nelson, A J ^c   Franklin, J ^d   Rudakov, L I ^e  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c MSC01 1070   (United States)

^d KTECH CORPORATION   (United States)

^e ICARUS RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSION NEUTRONS; PLASMA RADIATION;

DEUTERIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON SOURCES; NUMERICAL METHODS; PINCH EFFECT;

PLASMA SOURCES;

EID: 33847704572     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2435322     Document Type: Article

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