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Title: Initial surface conditions affecting the formation of plasma on metal conductors driven by a mega-ampere current pulse

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [2];  [3];  [2]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  3. Univ. of Nevada, Reno, NV (United States)
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Research Org.:
Univ. of Nevada, Reno, NV (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
OSTI Identifier:
1768349
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1648172; OSTI ID: 1813843
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-19-29358
Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X; TRN: US2206588
Grant/Contract Number:  
NA0003870; NA0003525; 89233218CNA000001
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 27; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; Magnetic fields; Radiometry; Plasma confinement; Plasma production; magnetic fields; radiometry; plasma confinement; plasma production

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Yates, K. C., Awe, T. J., Bauer, B. S., Hutchinson, T. M., Yu, E. P., Fuelling, S., Lamppa, D. C., and Weis, M. R. Initial surface conditions affecting the formation of plasma on metal conductors driven by a mega-ampere current pulse. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1063/5.0003649.
Yates, K. C., Awe, T. J., Bauer, B. S., Hutchinson, T. M., Yu, E. P., Fuelling, S., Lamppa, D. C., & Weis, M. R. Initial surface conditions affecting the formation of plasma on metal conductors driven by a mega-ampere current pulse. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0003649
Yates, K. C., Awe, T. J., Bauer, B. S., Hutchinson, T. M., Yu, E. P., Fuelling, S., Lamppa, D. C., and Weis, M. R. Wed . "Initial surface conditions affecting the formation of plasma on metal conductors driven by a mega-ampere current pulse". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0003649. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1768349.
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