Plasma-filled rod-pinch diode experiment on Gamble II

PPPS 2001 - Pulsed Power Plasma Science 2001

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages 462-465

  Weber, B V ^a   Cooperstein, G ^a   Hinshelwood, D D ^a   Mosher, D ^a   Schumer, J W ^a   Stephanakis, S J ^a   Swanekamp, S B ^a,b   Young, F C ^a,b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; DIODES; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; PLASMA DENSITY; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

ELECTRON BEAM ENERGY; ELECTRON BEAM POWER; ENERGY DENSITY; HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PLASMAS; INTERACTION STUDIES; METAL ELECTRODES; PLASMA FILLED ROD PINCHES; PLASMA GENERATION;

PINCH EFFECT;

EID: 84951929326     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PPPS.2001.01002133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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