Runaway electron production during intense electron beam penetration in dense plasma

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Parks, P B ^a   Cowan, T E ^b  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSE PLASMAS; ELECTRON PRODUCTION; MULTITERAWATT LASERS; RUNAWAY ELECTRONS;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; JOULE HEATING; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; PLASMA DENSITY; TARGETS;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

EID: 34047139790     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2424430     Document Type: Article

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