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Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 4, Issue 1, 017401(2019)

Investigation of wire-array Z-pinches by laser probing diagnostics

V. V. Ivanov1,*... A. A. Anderson1 and D. Papp2 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
  • 2ELI-ALPS, ELI-HU Nkft., H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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    Category: Pulsed Power Technology and High Power Electromagnetics

    Received: Nov. 14, 2018

    Accepted: Nov. 15, 2018

    Published Online: Mar. 25, 2019

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    DOI:10.1063/1.5081453

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