Electric field-free gas breakdown in explosively driven generators
- Loki Incorporated, Rolla, Missouri 65409 (United States)
- Pulsed Power LLC, Lubbock, Texas 79416 (United States)
- U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, Huntsville, Alabama 35807 (United States)
All known types of gas discharges require an electric field to initiate them. We are reporting on a unique type of gas breakdown in explosively driven generators that does not require an electric field.
- OSTI ID:
- 21389158
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 17, Issue 7; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3460349; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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