A portable X-pinch design for x-ray diagnostics of warm dense matter

J. Strucka; J. W. D. Halliday; T. Gheorghiu; H. Horton; B. Krawczyk; P. Moloney; S. Parker; G. Rowland; N. Schwartz; S. Stanislaus; S. Theocharous; C. Wilson; Z. Zhao; T. A. Shelkovenko; S. A. Pikuz; S. N. Bland

doi:10.1063/5.0059926

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