title: Plasma x-ray sources powered by megajoule magnetocumulative generators.
abstract: We have performed experiments using magnetocumulative generators (MCGs) to power three different types of high-energy-density plasma discharges suitable for intense x-ray generation. They include the H-pressed discharge, the capillary z-pinch, and the θ-pinch. The MCGs were operated with, and without, plasma opening switches. The characteristic currents were approximately 10 MA and characteristic time scales approximately 1 μs. In this paper we describe the characteristics of these experiments.
authors.affiliation: All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF), Russian Federal Nuclear Center, Arzamas-16, Nizhni Novgorod Region, 607200, Russia.
authors.forename: N F
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authors.lastname: Popkov
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authors.lastname: Ya Averchenkov
authors.forename: A S
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authors.lastname: Pikar'
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Ryaslov
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authors.lastname: Kargin
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authors.lastname: Lazarev
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authors.lastname: Borovkov