Compact Z-pinch radiation source dedicated to broadband absorption measurements

Laser triggered Z-pinch broadband extreme ultraviolet source for metrology

High-Yield Z-Pinch Thermonuclear Neutron Source

Introduction: Neutron beams are useful for many applications, from noninvasive imaging and characterization of materials to producing medical isotopes and detecting hidden explosive devices. Some applications require high-energy neutrons created in fusion nuclear reactions between deuterium (D) and tritium (T). To achieve thermal fusion, deuterium or DT plasma must be heated to about 10 8 K, wh...

Radiation science using Z-pinch x rays

Radiation science using Z-pinch x rays J. E. Bailey, G. A. Chandler, D. Cohen, M. E. Cuneo, M. E. Foord, R. F. Heeter, D. Jobe, P. W. Lake, J. J. MacFarlane, T. J. Nash, D. S. Nielson, R. Smelser, and J. Torres Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185-1196 Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550 K-...

Schlieren Measurements of a High Density Z-Pinch

The dense plasma phase of a dynamic z-pinch working at a high filling pressure is studied. By using the Schlieren-technique it is found that the compressed plasma column, though macroscopically stable for times less than 1 /us develops quickly from a homogeneous state to a turbulent one with a perturbation scale length of typically some millimeters. Quantitative measurements of light deflection...

Steady-state radiation ablation in the wire-array Z pinch

The mass ablation phase of a wire-array Z pinch is investigated using steady-state r , simulations. By identifying the dominant physical mechanisms governing the ablation process, a simple scaling relation is derived for the mass ablation rate ṁ with drive current I, in the case where radiation is the primary energy transport mechanism to the wire core. In order to investigate the dependence of...