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ANS announces 2026 Presidential Citations
One of the privileges of being president of the American Nuclear Society is awarding Presidential Citations to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding effort in some manner for the benefit of ANS or the nuclear community at large. Citations are conferred twice each year, at the Annual and Winter Meetings.
ANS President Hash Hashemian has named this season’s recipients, who will receive recognition at the upcoming 2025 Winter Conference & Expo in Washington, D.C.
Cheng Rong Li, T. C. Yang, C. M. Luo, M. Han
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 1 | January 1992 | Pages 25-30
Technical Paper | Plasma Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29702
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An argon annular gas-puff Z-pinch has been experimentally investigated with three different nozzles. The puffed gas shell profiles and the plasma implosion have been measured using a fast ionization gauge and a differential interferometer. These experiments confirm that both the puffed gas density and its distribution may effect the compression process of Z-pinch plasma.
