Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 6, Issue 4, 045901(2021)

First results from a 760-GW linear transformer driver module for Z-pinch research

Lin Chen... Wenkang Zou, Jihao Jiang, Liangji Zhou, Bing Wei, Fan Guoa), An He, Weiping Xie, Jianjun Deng, Meng Wang, Jie Wang and Yuanjun Zhang |Show fewer author(s)
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  • Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power, Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP, Mianyang, China
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    Lin Chen, Wenkang Zou, Jihao Jiang, Liangji Zhou, Bing Wei, Fan Guo, An He, Weiping Xie, Jianjun Deng, Meng Wang, Jie Wang, Yuanjun Zhang. First results from a 760-GW linear transformer driver module for Z-pinch research[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2021, 6(4): 045901

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    Category: Inertial Confinement Fusion Physics

    Received: Jan. 31, 2020

    Accepted: May. 3, 2021

    Published Online: Jul. 28, 2021

    The Author Email: Guo Fan (394560789@qq.com)

    DOI:10.1063/5.0003346

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