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• T. Vijayan and P. Roychowdhury High Ion-Acceleration by Employing a Low-gamma Intense Electron-Beam IEEE Plasma Physics, 28, DECEMBER 2000

Z-Pinch/ X-Pinch

• Alan W. DeSilva and H.-J. Kunze Experimental study of the electrical conductivity of strongly coupled copper plasmas Phys. Rev. E 49, 4448–4454 (1994)
• O. Frolov, K. Kolacek, V. Bohacek, J. Straus, J. Schmidt, V. Prukner Gas–filled laser–triggered spark gap Czechoslovak Journal of Physics, Vol. 54 (2004), Suppl. C
• S. S. Harilal and M. S. Tillack Laser plasma density measurements using interferometry UCSD-ENG-114
• Moshe Shuker, Amit Ben-kish, Amnon Fisher, Amiram Ron Titanium plasma source for capillary discharge extreme ultraviolet lasers Applied Physics Letters, 88, 061501 (2006)
• Hammarsten ... Soft X-ray laser diagnostics of exploding aluminum wire plasmas Applied Physics. B, Lasers and Optics 78, no. 7-8 (2004): [933]-937
• GOMEZ LUNA, MITCHELL, IAN HENDRY... INVESTIGACION DE LA EMISION DE RAYOS-X DESDE UN X PINCH EN LLAMPUDKEN
• Vincent Tang, Brian Rusnak Review of Dense Plasma Focus Technology for Intense and Directional Neutron Sources

• F. J. Wessel, F. S. Felber, N. C. Wild1, H. U. Rahman, A. Fisher, and E. Ruden Generation of high magnetic fields using a gas‐puff Z pinch Appl. Phys. Lett. 48, 1119 (1986)
• Chengmu Luo ... Diagnostics for a small gas-puff Z-pinch plasma device IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE, VOL. 28, NO. 5, OCTOBER 2000
• F. S. Felber ... Ultrahigh magnetic fields produced in a gas‐puff Z pinch J. Appl. Phys. 64, 3831 (1988)
• M. E. Foord ... Particle Velocity Distributions and Ionization Processes in a Gas-Puff Z Pinch Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 3827–3830 (1994)
• HU Rahman, FJ Wessel, N Rostoker Staged Z Pinch Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 714–717 (1995)
• Xiaobing Zou, Xinxin Wang, Chengmu Luo and Min Han EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF A SMALL GAS-PUFF Z-PINCH PLASMA DEVICEProceeding Nucleonika 2006
• S. A. Dan’ko, G. I. Dolgachev, A. G. Ushakov An X-ray Converter of a Megavolt Electron Beam for Powerful Pulsed Generators Instr. Exp. Tech. 2005, Volume 48

• DOE Proposal Experimental study of the transport parameters of warm dense matter
• product bulletin Febetron 706: A high intensity pulsed source of electron and x rays
• Fig.1 Schematic of capillary discharge assembly...
• Fig.1 Arrangement inside the discharge chamber
• Fig.3 Streak photograph of a discharge...

SLIA/ISIS/Accelerator

• S.Putnam, Overview of the SLIA development program
• Edighoffer, J., Beam breakup considerations in the design of multiple off-axis gaps in an induction accelerator cell for SLIA IEEE 1991
• Corcoran, P. ..., Eoverview of the SLIA development programxperimental tests of the power supply and prototype cell for the 1.5 MeV SLIA acceleration unit IEEE 1991
• Fig. 15 Power supply circuit for AU driver
• Fig.1 Coil configuration and geometry
• SLIA (now ISIS) final report, Vol. I
• O. Boine-Frankenheim Introduction to Accelerator Physics

Pulsed Power

general

• A. A. Kim, B. M. Kovalchuk ... Linear transformer driver with a 750-kA current and A 400-ns current risetime Russ. Phys. J., Dec 1999, Volume 42, Issue 12, pp 985-989
• Kovalchuk et al. Pulsed generators on base of LTD stages with vacuum insulation in a secondary turn
• L. Pécastainga, T. Reessa, J. Paillola, A. Giberta and P. Domensa Voltage gain optimization of transmission line transformers Eur. Phys. J. AP, 22, 221-229 (2003)
• Bushnell, A.H. ... Design optimization of linear transformer driver (LTD) stage cell capacitors 0-7803-8586-l/04/$20.00 02004 IEEE
• Sun Feng-ju ... ELECTRO-MAGNETIC PARAMETERS ON HIGH CURRENT PULSE LINEAR TRANSFORMERS DRIVER Proceeding... Beijing, China, 2001
• L. Pécastaing ... Voltage gain optimization of transmission line transformers Eur. Phys. J. AP 22, 221-229 (2003)

• Stephan Roche Solid State Pulsed Power Systems
• DEEPAK K GUPTA and P I JOHN Design and construction of double-Blumlein HV pulse power supply Sadhana, Vol. 26, Part 5, October 2001, pp. 475–484.
• J.O. ROSSI, M. UEDA and J.J. BARROSO Design and Construction of a150kV/300A/1µs Blumlein Pulser
• S. K. Lyubutin... Generation of High-Voltage Subnanosecond Pulses with a Peak Power of 700 MW and Repetition Frequency of Up to 3.5 kHz Ins. Exp. Tech., 2001, 44
• M. Giesselmann, B. Grinstead, M. Wilson EVALUATION OF A SOLID STATE OPENING SWITCH (SOS) DIODE PULSER FOR USE IN A ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR
• Curry, R. ... A Versatile, Modular Capacitor Bank for a Compact Accelerator 6th IEEE PPC (1987)

• T.H. Martin Pulse charged gas breakdown Sandia National Laboratory

US patent

• United States Patent, Van Devender, et al. Reusable fast opening switch
• United States Patent, Weiner et al. Asynchronous Marx Generator utilizing photo-conductive semiconductor switches
• United States Patent, Lherm et al. Marx Generator and spark-gap assembly for such a generator
• United States Patent, Leon et al. Marx Generator
• United States Patent, Holland et al. Capacitor mounting arrangement for Marx generator
• United States Patent, Goerz et al. Ultra-compact Marx-type High-voltage generator
• Kotov, Yu. A... Novel nanosecond semiconductor opening switch for megavolt repetitive pulsed power technology: experiment and application NASA

DCA

• Reed, Jay L. Greater voltage gain for Tesla-transformer accelerators Rev. Sci. Instrum. 59(10), Oct 1988
• Marco Denicolai Optimal performance for Tesla transformers Rev. Sci. Instrum. 73, 3332 (2002)
• David Finkelstein ... High Voltage Impulse System Rev. Sci. Instrum. 37, 159 (1966)
• R. J. Adler ... A Compact Nested High Voltage Generator for Medium Pulse Duration Applications 0-7803.0135.8/91$01.00 IEEE
• Adler, R.J., Richter-Sand, R.J. The Nested High Voltage Generator for Pulsed Power CH3180-7/920000-0092$1.OO 1992 IEEE
• United States Patent, Adler Nested High Voltage Generator/Particle Accelerator
• hand written notes, 4 pages

Educational

• Transmission Line Formulas 1 page
• Kentech Instrument Ltd. A short tutorial on Transmission Lines in Pulse Generator Systems
• Kentech Instrument Ltd. Basic pulse forming circuit
• Kentech Instrumenoverview of the SLIA development programt Ltd. Self Matched Line
• Kentech Instrument Ltd. Impedance Matching and Mismatching
• Kentech Instrument Ltd. Impedance Transformers
• A.W. Sharpe High Voltage Switches. Part I
• A.W. Sharpe High Voltage Switches. Part II
• hand written notes, 5 pages
• Agenda Pulsed Power Workshop Nov 12, 2008, ISU
• ISU's Idaho Accelerator Center slide show, X-pinch
• L3 Pulse Science slides I
• L3 Pulse Science slides II
• L3 Pulse Science slides III
• IAC High Intensity Pulsed Radiation Facility for Chemical and Biological Defence: Year 2 Anual Report DoD Contract DAAD13-03-C-0054 Sept 2004 - Aug 2005

Signal processing, spectra analysis

• D. Cano-Ott and all. Pulse pileup correction of large NiI(Tl) total absorption spectra using the true pulse shape
• F.C.L. Crespi ... A pulse shape analysis algorithm for HPGe detectors Nucl. Inst. Meth. Phys. 570 (2007) 459–466
• F.C.L. Crespi ... Improvement of HPGe detectors timing using pulse shape analysis Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf., 2009 IEEE
• R.M Keyser ... Improved Performance in Germanium Detector Gamma Spectrometers based on Digital Signal Processing J. Radiol. Nucl. Chem. 276 (2008)
• Cooper, J.C. ... Optimization of time and energy resolution at high count rates with a large volume coaxial high purity germanium detector 2001 IEEE
• A. Georgiev ... An Analog-to-Digital Conversion Based on a Moving Window Deconvolution IEEE 1994
• Lee, J.H. ... A novel digital pulse-shape analysis for high-resolution position-sensitive Gamma-ray spectroscopy 2009 IEEE
• M. Deriche, M. Raad Real-time implementation of a deconvolution filter for gamma ray spectroscopy Inst.Exp.Tech. 05 (2012)
• E.Achterberg ... Automatic analysis of gamma ray spectra on small computers
• S. Riboldi ... A new digital auto-tracking pole-zero compensation technique for high-resolution spectroscopy Nucl.Instr.Meth.Phys. Research A, 482, April 2002
• Diploma Thesis of Ronald Hannaske Fast Digitizing and Digital Signal Processing of Detector Signals
• Douce, J.L., Leary, B.G. A random pulse generator with variable mean rate Inst. Elec. Eng., 3612 M, Sept. 1961
• H. Hamrita et al Charge and current-sensitive preamplifiers for pulse shape discrimination techniques with silicon detectors Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A531 (2004) 607-615
• A. Goshtasby, W.D. Oneill Curve Fitting by a Sum of Gaussians CVGIP Volume 56, Issue 4, July 1994, Pages 281–288
• Avneet Sood, Robin P. Gardner A new Monte Carlo assisted approach to detector response functions Nucl.Inst.Meth.Phys. B 213 (2004) 100–104
• Valentin T. Jordanov Quantization Effects in Radiation Spectroscopy Based on Digital Pulse Processing 978-1-4577-0927-2/11/$26.00 ©2011 IEEE
• O. V. Zeynalova ... Digital signal processing application in nuclear spectroscopy
• S.Chekanov, M.Erickson A non-parametric peak finder algorithm and its application in searches for new physics ANL-HEP-PR-11-63
• Miroslav Morháč ... Identification of peaks in multidimensional coincidence γ-ray spectra Nucl.Inst.Meth.Phys. A 443 (2000)
• Z.K. Silagadze A new algorithm for automatic photopeak searches Nucl.Inst.Meth.Phys. A 376 (1996)
• A. Pullia, A. Geraci, G. Ripamonti Quasi-optimum γ and X spectroscopy based on real-time digital techniques Nucl.Inst.Meth.Phys. A 439 (2000)
• Radeka, V. Optimum Signal-Processing for Pulse-Amplitude Spectrometry in the Presence of High-Rate Effects and Noise

filtering

• Ery Arias-Castro, David L. Donoho Does median filtering truly preserve edges better than linear filtering? Annals of Statistics 2009, Vol. 37, No. 3, 1172-1206
• V.V. BAPESWARA RAO AND K. SANKARA RAO A New Algorithm for Real-Time Median Filtering IEEE TRANSACTIONS, ASSP-34 (1986)
• Perreault, S. , Hebert, P. Median Filtering in Constant Time Image Processing, IEEE Trans, 16 (2007)
• V. RADEKA TRAPEZOIDAL FILTERING OF SIGNALS FROM LARGE GERMANIUM DETECTORS AT HIGH RATES Nucl. Inst. Meth. 99 (1972)
• Andrew P. Witkin SCALE-SPACE FILTERING: A New Approach To Multi-Scale Description
• Messai, A. , Nour, A. ; Abdellani, I. Optimal digital filtering in Gamma-ray spectroscopy IEEE 2009

educational

• ORTEC Introduction to Amplifier
• Greg Welch, Gary Bishop An Introduction to the Kalman Filter

out

• Jiang X. Iterative truncated arithmetic mean filter and its properties IEEE 2012
• A. Georgiev Digital Pulse Processing in High Resolution, High Throughput Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy IEEE 1993
• É. Barat ... A bimodal Kalman smoother for nuclear spectrometr Nucl.Instr.Meth.Phys. A (2006)
• R. Larivee Near-optimal smoothing using a maximum entropy criterion Anal.Chem. 64 (1992)

Computational

• Alspach, D. ... Nonlinear Bayesian estimation using Gaussian sum approximations IEEE Trans, Volume 17 (1972)
• G. S. Fishman Sampling from the poisson distribution on a computer
• Manfred Matzke The HEPROW Program System
• chapter 5 Spline Approximation of Functions and Data
• C.S. Duris Fortran Routines for Discrete Cubic Spline Interpolation and Smoothing
• printout subroutine VARPO ...Weighed least squares fit to a function ETA...
• printout subroutine DCSSMO This subroutine compute the discrete Cubic Spline define on the interval ...
• printout subroutine Argone v18 and vn' and Super-Soft potential package