The Z-pinch, perhaps the oldest subject in plasma physics, has achieved a remarkable
renaissance in recent years, following a few decades of neglect due to its basically unstable …

The spectacular progress made during the last few years in reaching high energy densities
in fast implosions of annular current sheaths (fast Z pinches) opens new possibilities for a …

Nested-wire arrays on the 20-MA Z-pinch accelerator have produced x-ray powers up to
280±40 TW (a 40% increase over a single array) and an x-ray pulse width of 4 ns. The short …

, Piscataway, NJ, 1997), Vol. 1, p. 709] at Sandia National Laboratories delivers∼ 20 MA
load currents to create high magnetic fields (> 1000 T) and high pressures (megabar to …

A phenomenological model of wire array Z-pinch implosions, based on the analysis of
experimental data obtained on the mega-ampere generator for plasma implosion …

The effect of discrete wires on the implosion dynamics of wire array Z-pinch experiments
at∼ 1 MA current level is discussed. The data show that the formation of a core–corona …

The Z pinch is enjoying a renaissance as the world's most powerful yet efficient soft x-ray
source which can energize large volume hohlraums for indirectly driven inertial confinement …

Experiments on the Z accelerator with deuterium gas puff implosions have produced up to
3.9× 10 13 (±20%) neutrons at 2.34 MeV (±0.10 MeV)⁠. Experimentally, the mechanism for …

We have measured the x-ray power and energy radiated by a tungsten-wire-array z pinch as
a function of the peak pinch current and the width of the anode-cathode gap at the base of …

A review of recent experiments on the MAGPIE generator (1 MA, 250 ns) aimed at studying
the implosion dynamics of wire array Z-pinches is presented. The first phase of implosion is …