Neutron production and implosion characteristics of a deuterium gas-puff Z pinch

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Coverdale, C A ^a   Deeney, C ^a   Velikovich, A L ^b   Clark, R W ^b   Chong, Y K ^b   Davis, J ^b   Chittenden, J ^c   Ruiz, C L ^a   Cooper, G W ^d   Nelson, A J ^d   Franklin, J ^e   Lepell, P D ^e   Apruzese, J P ^b   Levine, J ^f   Banister, J ^f   Qi, N ^f  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MSC01 1070   (United States)

^e KTECH CORPORATION   (United States)

^f TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTROPY MEASUREMENTS; THERMONUCLEAR OUTPUTS; Z ACCELERATOR;

DEUTERIUM; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NEUTRONS; PLASMA THEORY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 33847726688     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2446177     Document Type: Article

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