Conceptual design of a 15-TW pulsed-power accelerator for high-energy-density-physics experiments

R.B. Spielman; D.H. Froula; G. Brent; E.M. Campbell; D.B. Reisman; M.E. Savage; M.J. Shoup III; W.A. Stygar; M.L. Wisher

doi:10.1016/j.mre.2017.05.002

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