On the role of the plasma composition in the magnetic field evolution in plasma opening switches

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 1805-1811

  Osin, D ^a   Doron, R ^a   Arad, R ^b   Tsigutkin, K ^a   Starobinets, A ^a   Bernshtam, V ^a   Fisher, A ^c   Fruchtman, A ^d   Maron, Y ^a   Tauschwitz, A ^e  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; HEATING; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PROTONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SWITCHES;

MAGNETIC FIELD EVOLUTION; MANETIC FIELD PLASMA INTERACTION; MULTI-ION SPECIES PLASMA; PLASMA COMPOSITION; PLASMA OPENING SWITCHES; PLASMA SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 8144223150     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.835941     Document Type: Article

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