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Sling launch of a mass using superconducting levitation by Tidman, D.A.

“…A sling concept is discussed in which a projectile could be slowly accelerated around a circular path to extremely high velocity (>10 km/s) in a closed…”
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Electrothermal light gas gun by Tidman, D.A., Massey, D.W.

“…An electrothermal light gas gun (ELGG) has been developed that has launched 2.0 g to about 7 km/s, 10 g to 4.6 km/s, and 17 g to 3.5 km/s with an efficiency of…”
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A gas-insulated railgun by Tidman, D.A., Witherspoon, F.D., Parker, J.V.

“…A railgun concept is discussed in which a high-pressure prefill of hydrogen serves as the close-in insulator between the rails. The gas-insulated railgun…”
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The projectile-wall interface in rail launchers by Thio, Y.C., Huerta, M.A., Boynton, G.C., Tidman, D.A., Wang, S.Y., Winsor, N.K.

“…At sufficiently high velocity, an energetic gaseous interface is formed between the projectile and the gun wall. The authors analyze the flow in this interface…”
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Electromagnetic Earth-to-space launch by Fair, H.D., Coose, P., Meinel, C.P., Tidman, D.A.

“…The authors review several of the previous electromagnetic and electrothermal launch concepts and discuss the critical related technologies which are essential…”
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Laser Target Model by Winsor, N. K., Tidman, D. A.

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Strong Magnetic Fields Produced by Composition Discontinuities in Laser-Produced Plasmas by Tidman, D. A.

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Structure of a Laser-Channeled Gas-Embedded z Pinch by Tidman, D. A.

“…The structure of a proposed several-megaamperes discharge created along a narrow filament of laser-produced ionization through a high-density deuterium-tritium…”
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Magnetic Field Generation by Ablation Waves or Shocks Propagating in Inhomogeneous Plasma by Tidman, D. A., Burton, L. L.

“…A simple model is given for magnetic field generation by steep steady-profile wavefronts such as ablation waves or shocks propagating across initially…”
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Filamentation Instability of Ion Beams Focused in Pellet-Fusion Reactors by Hubbard, R. F., Tidman, D. A.

“…The conditions under which high-power beams of multi-GeV heavy ions considered as possible igniters for pellet fusion would be subject to filamentation…”
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Role of magnetic fields in suprathermal particle generation by laser-produced plasmas by Tidman, D.A., Stamper, J.A.

“…In this note we first use a simple circuit model to summarize the properties of the strong magnetic fields generated in laser-produced plasmas. It is pointed…”
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Possible Observations of Collisionless Electrostatic Shocks in Laser-Produced Plasmas by Koopman, D. W., Tidman, D. A.

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Suprathermal Particle Production by Binary Stars by Tidman, D. A.

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Suprathermal Particles. II by Parker, E. N., Tidman, D. A.

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A quantum theory of refractive index, čerenkov radiation and ionization loss by Tidman, D. A.

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Magnetic fields due to impurity grains in laser-produced plasma by Colombant, D. G., Tidman, D. A., Winsor, N. K.

“…Results of a numerical simulation model are given for the magnetic field produced by an impurity grain embedded in a dense inhomogeneous plasma…”
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Structure of a Shock Wave in Fully Ionized Hydrogen by Tidman, D. A.

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Suprathermal Particles by Parker, E. N., Tidman, D. A.

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Counting rate of cosmic ray counter telescopes in inclined directions by Tidman, D. A., Ogilvie, K. W.

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