Comparison of a copper foll to a copper wire-array Z pinch at 18 MA

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Nash, T J ^a   Deeney, C ^a   Chandler, G A ^a   Sinars, D B ^a   Cuneo, M E ^a   Waisman, E M ^a   Stygar, W A ^a   Wenger, D ^a   Speas, S ^a   Leeper, R J ^a   Seaman, J F ^a   McGurn, J ^a   Torres, J ^a   Jobe, D ^a   Gilliland, T ^a   Nielsen, D ^a   Hawn, R ^a   Seaman, H ^a   Keller, K ^a   Moore, T ^a   Wagoner, T C ^a   Lepell, P D ^a   Lucas, J ^a   Schroen, D ^a   Russell, C ^a   Kernaghan, M ^a   more..

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT CONTACTS; FOIL IMPLOSION; SOLID FOILS;

COPPER; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; INDUCTANCE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; X RAYS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 8644256790     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1796352     Document Type: Article

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