Two- and three-dimensional modeling of the different phases of wire-array z-pinch evolution

J.P. CHITTENDEN; S.V. LEBEDEV; S.N. BLAND; J. RUIZ-CAMACHO; F.N. BEG; M.G. HAINES

doi:10.1017/S0263034601193031

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