First results from a 760-GW linear transformer driver module for Z-pinch research

Lin Chen; Wenkang Zou; Jihao Jiang; Liangji Zhou; Bing Wei; Fan Guo; An He; Weiping Xie; Jianjun Deng; Meng Wang; Jie Wang; Yuanjun Zhang

doi:10.1063/5.0003346

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