Correlation analysis of intense and high-energy deuteron beam, pinch images, and neutron yield

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 38, Issue 9 PART 2, 2010, Pages 2434-2438

  Roshan, Mahmud Vahdat ^a   Lee, Paul ^a   Pan, Zhenying ^a   Verma, Rishi ^a   Rawat, Rajdeep Singh ^a   Springham, Stuart Victor ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

High energy deuteron beams; neutron yield; pinch imaging

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEUTERON BEAMS; DEUTERON ENERGIES; HIGH ENERGY; INTEGRATED IMAGING; NEUTRAL DENSITY FILTERS; NEUTRON YIELD; NEUTRON YIELDS; PINCH IMAGING; PINCH PHASE; PINCHED PLASMA; PLASMA COLUMNS; PLASMA FOCUS; PLASMA FOCUS DEVICES; PRESSURE REGIME; TWO-REGIME;

DEUTERIUM; DIGITAL FILTERS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PLASMA DEVICES;

PLASMAS;

EID: 77956616003     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2010.2056940     Document Type: Article

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