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PLASMA, GASES

Investigations of the mega-ampere multiwire X pinch

S. S. Anan'ev^a, Yu. L. Bakshaev^a, P. I. Blinov^a, V. A. Bryzgunov^a, S. A. Dan'ko^a, A. I. Zhuzhunashvili^a, A. A. Zelenin^a, E. D. Kazakov^a, Yu. G. Kalinin^a, A. S. Kingsep^a, V. D. Korolev^a, V. I. Mizhiritskii^a, S. A. Pikuz^b, V. M. Romanova^b, V. P. Smirnov^a, S. I. Tkachenko^b, G. I. Ustroev^a, A. S. Chernenko^a, T. A. Shelkovenko^b, V. A. Shchagin^a

^a Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, 123182, Russia
^b Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia

Abstract: The results of experimental investigations into the dynamics of a plasma produced in the multiwire X pinch at currents up to 2.3 MA are presented. The materials, diameters, and the number of wires are varied. At such currents, the power of the soft x-ray radiation with the photon energy from 1 to 2 keV increases to 120 GW, and, since the size of a hot spot is less than 20 μm, it corresponds to a source brightness of ~10¹⁵ W/(cm² sr). The energy recorded in lines of neon-like molybdenum (in the range of 2.5–3 keV) is higher than 10 J. Hard x-ray radiation detected in experiments with tungsten and molybdenum X pinches has the photon energy ≥800 keV.

PACS: 52.58.Lq, 52.59.Px, 52.70.La

Received: 04.03.2008