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Optimal ROE loan pricing with or without adverse selection by Oliver, BV, Oliver, RM

“…The authors describe the structural solution of the loan rate as a function of default and response risk that maximizes expected return on equity for a…”
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Factors affecting the output pulse flatness of the linear transformer driver cavity systems with 5th harmonics by Alexeenko, V. M., Mazarakis, M. G., Kim, A. A., Kondratiev, S. S., Sinebryukhov, V. A., Volkov, S. N., Cuneo, M. E., Kiefer, M. L., Leckby, J. J., Oliver, B. V., Maloney, P. D.

“…We describe the study we have undertaken to evaluate the effect of component tolerances in obtaining a voltage output flat top for a linear transformer driver…”
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Study of three-dimensional structure in wire-array Z pinches by controlled seeding of axial modulations in wire radius by JONES, B, DEENEY, C, BOTT, S. C, AMPLEFORD, D. J, PALMER, J. B. A, RAPLEY, J, HALL, G. N, OLIVER, B. V, MCKENNEY, J. L, GARASI, C. J, MEHLHORN, T. A, ROBINSON, A. C, WUNSCH, S. E, BLAND, S. N, LEBEDEV, S. V, CHITTENDEN, J. P

“…Three-dimensional perturbations have been seeded in wire-array z pinches by etching 15 microm diameter aluminum wires to introduce 20% modulations in radius…”
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A Primer on Pulsed Power and Linear Transformer Drivers for High Energy Density Physics Applications by McBride, R. D., Stygar, W. A., Cuneo, M. E., Sinars, D. B., Mazarakis, M. G., Leckbee, J. J., Savage, M. E., Hutsel, B. T., Douglass, J. D., Kiefer, M. L., Oliver, B. V., Laity, G. R., Gomez, M. R., Yager-Elorriaga, D. A., Patel, S. G., Kovalchuk, B. M., Kim, A. A., Gourdain, P.-A., Bland, S. N., Portillo, S., Bott-Suzuki, S. C., Beg, F. N., Maron, Y., Spielman, R. B., Rose, D. V., Welch, D. R., Zier, J. C., Schumer, J. W., Greenly, J. B., Covington, A. M., Steiner, A. M., Campbell, P. C., Miller, S. M., Woolstrum, J. M., Ramey, N. B., Shah, A. P., Sporer, B. J., Jordan, N. M., Lau, Y. Y., Gilgenbach, R. M.

“…The objectives of this tutorial are as follows: 1) to help students and researchers develop a basic understanding of how pulsed-power systems are used to…”
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Simulation techniques for heavy ion fusion chamber transport by Welch, D.R., Rose, D.V., Oliver, B.V., Clark, R.E.

“…Heavy ion-driven inertial confinement fusion requires efficient transport of the ion beam over several meters from the entrance of the accelerator to the…”
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Simulations of Dynamic Laser/Plasma X-Ray Production by Miller, C. L., Welch, D. R., Rose, D. V., Campbell, R. B., Oliver, B. V., Webb, T. J., Flicker, D. G.

“…Intense laser beams focused onto thin high-atomic-number targets can generate short intense bursts of MeV X-rays from a small area of the target. Such systems…”
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Plasma Expansion in a Negative-Polarity Rod-Pinch Diode by Leckbee, J. J., Johnston, M. D., Oliver, B. V.

“…The negative-polarity rod-pinch diode is being developed and tested on the RITS-6 accelerator to expand radiographic capabilities. High current densities at…”
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Investigation of flute instability in application to laboratory astrophysics and Z-pinch experiments by Sotnikov, V. I., Ivanov, V. V., Presura, R., Yassin, E., Kindel, J., Leboeuf, J. N., Onishchenko, O. G., Oliver, B. V., Jones, B., Mehlhorn, T. A., Deeney, C.

“…Interaction of plasma flows with magnetic fields can lead to excitation of flute-like oscillations. These oscillations can also be excited in Z-pinch plasmas…”
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Characteristics and scaling of tungsten-wire-array z -pinch implosion dynamics at 20 MA by Cuneo, M E, Waisman, E M, Lebedev, S V, Chittenden, J P, Stygar, W A, Chandler, G A, Vesey, R A, Yu, E P, Nash, T J, Bliss, D E, Sarkisov, G S, Wagoner, T C, Bennett, G R, Sinars, D B, Porter, J L, Simpson, W W, Ruggles, L E, Wenger, D F, Garasi, C J, Oliver, B V, Aragon, R A, Fowler, W E, Hettrick, M C, Idzorek, G C, Johnson, D, Keller, K, Lazier, S E, McGurn, J S, Mehlhorn, T A, Moore, T, Nielsen, D S, Pyle, J, Speas, S, Struve, K W, Torres, J A

“…We present observations for 20-MA wire-array z pinches of an extended wire ablation period of 57%+/-3% of the stagnation time of the array and non-thin-shell…”
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Excitation of Electromagnetic Flute Modes in the Process of Interaction of Plasma Flow with Inhomogeneous Magnetic Field by Sotnikov, VI, Presura, R, Ivanov, V V, Cowan, TE, Leboeuf, J N, Oliver, B V

“…Laboratory experiments on the interaction of a plasma flow, produced by laser ablation of a solid target with the inhomogeneous magnetic field from the Zebra…”
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Paraxial gas-cell focusing of relativistic electron beams for radiography by Oliver, B.V., Short, D., Cooper, G., McLean, J., O'Malley, J.

“…A description of the underlying physics governing the operation of pulsed-power driven, gas-filled, paraxial diodes is presented. Gas-filled focusing cells are…”
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Ballistic-neutralized chamber transport of intense heavy ion beams by Rose, D.V, Welch, D.R, Oliver, B.V, Clark, R.E, Sharp, W.M, Friedman, A

“…Two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations of intense heavy ion beams propagating in an inertial confinement fusion (ICF) reactor chamber are presented. The…”
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Nonideal MHD plasma regimes in the study of dynamic Z pinches by Oliver, B.V., Mehlhorn, T.A.

“…Detailed simulations of wire-array Z pinches with Radiation MHD codes require calculations which span a broad range of plasma parameters. An introductory study…”
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The impedance characteristics of a rod-pinch diode by Oliver, B V, Genoni, T, Rose, D V, Welch, DR

“…The rod-pinch diode is being developed for use as an intense, high brightness, x-ray radiographic source. The diode geometry is co-axial, with an outer cathode…”
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Overview of Self-Magnetically Pinched-Diode Investigations on RITS-6 by Hahn, Kelly D, Bruner, Nichelle, Johnston, Mark D, Oliver, Bryan V, Webb, Timothy J, Welch, Dale R, Cordova, Steve R, Crotch, Ian, Gignac, Raymond E, Leckbee, Josh J, Molina, Isidro, Portillo, Salvador, Threadgold, Jim R, Ziska, Derek

“…The electron-beam-driven self-magnetically pinched diode is a candidate for future flash X-ray radiographic sources. As presently fielded on Sandia…”
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Design, Simulation, and Fault Analysis of a 6.5-MV LTD for Flash X-Ray Radiography by Leckbee, J.J., Maenchen, J.E., Johnson, D.L., Portillo, S., VanDeValde, D.M., Rose, D.V., Oliver, B.V.

“…The design of a 6.5-MV linear transformer driver (LTD) for flash-radiography experiments is presented. The design is based on a previously tested 1-MV LTD and…”
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Three-dimensional PIC simulations and analysis of the operating characteristics of the three cell RITS by Oliver, B.V., Clark, R.E., Johnson, D.L., Bailey, V., Corcoran, P., Smith, I., Maenchen, J.E., Molina, I., Rovang, D.C.

“…Summary form only given. The Radiographic Integrated Test Stand (RITS) is the next generation, inductive voltage adder accelerator being developed at Sandia…”
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Investigation of the angular scattering model on the electron runaway condition by Swanekamp, S. B., Richardson, A. S., Angus, J., Mosher, D., Cartwright, K. L., Pointon, T. D., Oliver, B. V.

“…The Monte-Carlo electron code, MCSwarm [1], is being developed as a test bed for algorithms to be included in particle-in-cell codes like Quicksilver [2] and…”
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Detailed Simulation of the CYGNUS Rod Pinch Radiographic Source by Miller, C L, Welch, D R, Rose, D V, Oliver, B V

“…In this paper, we present the results from particle-in-cell simulations of the nominally 2-MV 40-kA CYGNUS radiographic machine using a standard rod pinch…”
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Advances in High Intensity e-Beam Diode Development for Flash X-Ray Radiography by Oliver, B.V., Hahn, K., Johnston, M.D., Portillo, S.

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