X pinch related references

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• X-Pinch was proposed in 1982 at the P.N.Lebedev Physical Institute [ S. M. Zakharov, G. V. Ivanenkov, A. A. Kolomenskii, S. A. Pikuz, A. I. Samokhin, and I. Ulshmid, "Wire X-pinch in a high-current diode", Sov. Tech. Phys. Lett., vol. 8, pp.456 -457 1982]

LTD technologies

• M.G.Mazarakis, A compact, high-voltage e-beam pulser, 1999 IEEE [1]
• M.G.Mazarakis Ultrafast LTD's for bremsstrahlung diodes and Z-pinches 2002 IEEE [2]
• A.A.Kim 1 MV ultra-fast LTD generator 2003 IEEE [3]
• M.G.Mazarakis High Current Fast 100-NS LTD Driver Development in Sandia Laboratory 2005 IEEE [4]
• M.G.Mazarakis Conceptual Design for a Linear-Transformer Driver (LTD)-Based Refurbishment and Upgrade of the Saturn Accelerator Pulse-Power System SANDIA REPORT SAND2006-5811, 2006 [5]
• M.G. Mazarakis Linear Transformer Driver (LTD) development at Sandia national laboratory 2009 IEEE [6]
• J.R.Woodworth Low-inductance gas switches for linear transformer drivers Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 12, 060401 (2009) [7]
• W.A.Stygar Shaping the output pulse of a linear-transformer-driver module Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 12, 030402 (2009) [8]
• A.A. Kim Development and tests of fast 1-MA linear transformer driver stages Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 12, 050402 (2009) [9]
• M.G. Mazarakis High current, 0.5-MA, fast, 100-ns, linear transformer driver experiments Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 12, 050401 (2009) [10]
• M.G. Mazarakis High-Current Linear Transformer Driver Development at Sandia National Laboratories 2010 IEEE [11]
• J. R. Woodworth Compact 810 kA linear transformer driver cavity Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 14, 040401 (2011) [12]
• S. C. Bott, D. M. Haas, R. E. Madden, U. Ueda, Y. Eshaq, G. Collins, IV, K. Gunasekera, D. Mariscal, J. Peebles, and F. N. Beg. 250 kA compact linear transformer driver for wire array z-pinch loads. Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 14, 050401 (2011) [13]