Spatial and temporal characteristics of a vacuum-arc rail-gun plasma

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1539-1545

  Roychowdhury, P ^a   Vijayan, T ^a   Iyengar, S T ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

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EID: 5244259017     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.366275     Document Type: Article

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