A review of the dense Z-pinch

MG Haines - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

A review of projection radiography of plasma and biological objects in X-pinch radiation

TA Shelkovenko, SA Pikuz, DA Hammer - Plasma Physics Reports, 2016 - Springer
A review of studies on the X-pinch as a radiation source for X-ray projection shadow
radiography (XPSR) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is presented. The ultimate …

XPS studies of active elements surface of gas sensors based on WO3− x nanoparticles

AP Shpak, AM Korduban, MM Medvedskij… - Journal of electron …, 2007 - Elsevier
Nanodisperse WO3− x oxides (x≥ 0) were synthesized by method of electrical explosion of
wires. The structure of core levels W4f and O1s was explored by XPS-method. Exposure of …

Effect of discrete wires on the implosion dynamics of wire array Z pinches

SV Lebedev, FN Beg, SN Bland, JP Chittenden… - Physics of …, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
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 …

Characteristics and scaling of tungsten-wire-array -pinch implosion dynamics at 20 MA

ME Cuneo, EM Waisman, SV Lebedev… - Physical Review E …, 2005 - APS
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 implosion trajectories …

Radiographic and spectroscopic studies of X-pinch plasma implosion dynamics and x-ray burst emission characteristics

TA Shelkovenko, DB Sinars, SA Pikuz… - Physics of Plasmas, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
An X-pinch plasma1, 2 is generated using two or more fine wires arranged so that they cross
and touch at a single point, forming an ''X''shape, as the load of a high current pulsed power …

X-pinch. part i

SA Pikuz, TA Shelkovenko, DA Hammer - Plasma Physics Reports, 2015 - Springer
Results of experimental studies of the X-pinch since its invention and implementation in
1982 at the Lebedev Physical Institute are presented. The concept of the X-pinch arose in …

Experiments measuring the initial energy deposition, expansion rates and morphology of exploding wires with about 1 kA/wire

DB Sinars, M Hu, KM Chandler, TA Shelkovenko… - Physics of …, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
Wire-array Z-pinch implosion experiments begin with wire heating, explosion, and plasma
formation phases that are driven by an initial 50–100 ns, 0–1 kA/wire portion of the current …

Effect of Core-Corona Plasma Structure on Seeding of Instabilities in Wire Array Pinches

SV Lebedev, FN Beg, SN Bland, JP Chittenden… - Physical review …, 2000 - APS
We present the first measurements by x-ray radiography of the development of instabilities
during the implosion phase of wire array Z pinches. The seeding of perturbations on the …

Wire explosion in vacuum

VI Oreshkin, RB Baksht - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a review of experimental and theoretical studies devoted to the
processes that occur during explosions of wires in vacuum when the current densities in the …