Experimental and computational progress on liner implosions for compression of FRCs

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36 PART 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-91

  Degnan, James H ^a   Amdahl, David J ^b   Brown, Aaron ^b   Cavazos, Thomas ^c   Coffey, Sean K ^b   Domonkos, Matthew T ^a   Frese, Michael H ^b   Frese, Sherry D ^b   Gale, Donald G ^c   Grabowski, Theodore C ^c   Intrator, Thomas P ^d   Kirkpatrick, Ronald C ^d   Kiuttu, Gerald F ^e   Lehr, Frederick M ^a   Letterio, James D ^a   Parker, Jerald V ^c   Peterkin Jr , Robert E ^c   Roderick, Norman F ^f   Ruden, Edward L ^a   Siemon, Richard E ^g   Sommars, Wayne ^c   Tucker, Wesley ^a   Turchi, Peter J ^d   Wurden, Glen A ^d   more..

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NUMEREX   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e VariTech Services   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Field reversed configuration; Liner implosion; Magnetized plasma compression; Magnetized target fusion

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FUSION REACTIONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; RADIOGRAPHY;

FIELD-REVERSED CONFIGURATION; LINER IMPLOSION; MAGNETIZED PLASMA COMPRESSION; MAGNETIZED TARGET FUSION;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 40649096417     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2007.913814     Document Type: Article

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