Compressed strong magnetic field confinement effect on alpha particle energy in field-reversed configuration plasma target

Xiaoming Zhao; Chengwei Sun; Qizhi Sun; Yuesong Jia; Weidong Qin

doi:10.11884/HPLPB201931.190047

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