Probe characterization of high-current driven metal plasma in a vacuum-arc rail gun

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 4084-4093

  Vijayan, T ^a   Roychowdhury, P ^a   Venkatramani, N ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COULOMB BLOCKADE; COUPLED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROBES; RAIL GUNS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

LANGMUIR PROBES; METAL PLASMAS; ROGOWSKI MAGNETIC PROBES; VACUUM-ARC RAIL GUNS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 7544234098     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1786344     Document Type: Article

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