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Wire number doubling in high-wire-number regime increases Z-accelerator X-ray power by Sanford, T.W.L., Spielman, R.B., Allshouse, G.O., Chandler, G.A., Fehl, D.L., Stygar, W.A., Struve, K.W., Deeney, C., Nash, T.J., Seamen, J.F., Mock, R.C., Gilliland, T.L., McGurn, J.S., Jobe, D.O.

“…Doubling the number of tungsten wires from 120 to 240, keeping the mass fixed, increased the radiated X-ray power relative to the electrical power at the…”
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Energy loss to conductors operated at lineal current densities 10 MA/cm: semi-analytic model MHD simulations and experiment by Stygar, William A., Rosenthal, Stephen E., Donovan, Guy Louis, Mills, Jerry A., Speas, Christopher, Struve, Kenneth W., Ives, H.C., Wagoner, Timothy, ALLSHOUSE, G.O., ANDROLEWICZ, K.E., FEHL, D.L., Frese, M.H., GILLILAND, T.L., Johnson, M.F., Reisman, D.B., REYNOLDS, P.G., Spielman, R.B., TOOR, A., Waisman, E.M.

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Wire-array initiation and interwire-plasma merger concerns in PBFA-Z tungsten Z-pinch implosions by Sanford, T.W.L., Spielman, R.B., Allshouse, G.O., Marder, B.M., Struve, K.W., Chandler, G.A., Deeney, C., Fehl, D.L., Nash, T.J., Stygar, W.A., Mock, R.C., Seaman, J.F., McGurn, J.S., Jobe, D.O., Gilliland, T.L., Moats, A.R., Torres, J.A., Vargas, M., Matzen, M.K., Peterson, D.L.

“…Summary form only given. Experiments with annular wire-array loads to generate high quality, high-power, Z-pinch implosions on Saturn have shown the importance…”
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K shell radiation physics in the ultrahigh optical depth pinches of the Z generator by Apruzese, J.P., Pulsifer, P.E., Davis, J., Clark, R.W., Whitney, K.G., Thornhill, J.W., Sanford, T.W.L., Chandler, G.A., Deeney, C., Fehl, D.L., Nash, T.J., Spielman, R.B., Stygar, W.A., Struve, K.W., Mock, R.C., Gilliland, T.L., Jobe, D.O., McGurn, J.S., Seamen, J.F., Torres, J.A., Vargas, M.

“…Summary form only given. The 60 TW Z generator at Sandia National Laboratories is unique in its ability to strip multi-mg Al plasmas to the Hand He-like…”
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Foot-pulse radiation drive necessary for ICF ignition capsule demonstrated on Z generator by Sanford, T.W.L., Olson, R.E., Chandler, G.A., Fehl, D.L., Lash, J.S., Leeper, R.J., Ruggles, L., Struve, K.W., Vesey, R.A., Derzon, M.S., Nash, T.J., Stygar, W.A., Mock, R.C., Hebron, D.E., Gilliland, T.L., Jobe, D.O., McGurn, J.S., Seamen, J.F., Simpson, W., Torres, J.A., Vargars, M.F., Peterson, D.L.

“…Summary form only given. Implosion and ignition of an indirectly-driven ICF capsule operating near a Fermi-degenerate isentrope requires initial…”
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Uniform fill improves K-shell power relative to annular fill for argon gas puffs on Saturn by Sanford, T.W.L., Marder, B.M., Spielman, R.B., Nash, T.J., Douglas, M., Deeney, C., Struve, K., Mock, R.C., Seamen, J.F., McGurn, J.S., Jobe, D., Gilliland, T.L., Vargas, M., Apruzese, J.P., Thornhill, J.W., Pulsifer, P.E., Whitney, K.G., Davis, J., Cochran, S.L., Velikovich, K.G., Weber, B.V., Peterson, G., Mosher, D., De Groot, J.S., Hammer, J.H.

“…Summary form only given. The radiation from uniform-fill argon gas puffs on the Saturn accelerator with a 4.5-cm diameter nozzle are compared with that…”
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Power enhancement by increasing the initial array radius and wire number of tungsten Z pinches by Deeney, C., Nash, T. J., Spielman, R. B., Seaman, J. F., Chandler, G. C., Struve, K. W., Porter, J. L., Stygar, W. A., McGurn, J. S., Jobe, D. O., Gilliland, T. L., Torres, J. A., Vargas, M. F., Ruggles, L. E., Breeze, S., Mock, R. C., Douglas, M. R., Fehl, D. L., McDaniel, D. H., Matzen, M. K., Peterson, D. L., Matuska, W., Roderick, N. F., MacFarlane, J. J.

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Nonthermal X-ray emission from a tungsten Z-pinch at 5 MA by Sanford, T.W.L., Nash, T.J., Marder, B.M., Spielman, R.B., Seamen, J.F., McGurn, J.S., Mock, R.C., Gilliland, T.L., Jobe, D., Vargas, M., Stygar, W.A., Humphreys, D.R., Maxon, S., Hammer, J.H., Alley, W.E., Zimmerman, G.B., Eddleman, J.L., Estabrook, K.G., Springer, P.T., Thoe, R.S., Emig, J., Bruns, C., Hernandez, J., De Groot, J.S., Mosher, D., Welch, D.R., Struve, K.

“…Summary form only given. The generation of intense bursts of warm X-rays (10 to 100 keV) with power in the 1-TW regime are of interest for the study of…”
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High-velocity Krypton Z-pinch Implosions On Saturn by Spielman, R.B., Gilliland, T.L., Humphries, R., Jobe, D., McGurn, J.S., Nash, T.J., Porter, J.L., Ruggles, L.E., Seamen, J., Struve, K.W., Vargas, M.

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Wire-array holder critical in high wire-number z-pinch implosions by Sanford, T.W.L., Mock, R.C., Gilliland, T.L., Seamen, J.F., Leeper, R.J., Watt, R.G., Chrien, R.E., Idzorek, G.C., Peterson, D.L., Duselis, P.U.

“…The quality of high wire-number z-pinch implosions on Z using a dynamic-hohlraum configuration is significantly affected by the method of holding the wires…”
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Conductor energy losses at 10 MA/cm on Z by Spielman, R.B., Stygar, W.A., Struve, K.W., Rosenthal, S.E., Desjarlais, M.P., Douglas, M.R., Asay, J.R., Hall, C.A., Bernard, M.A., Gilliland, T.L., Wagoner, T.

“…Very high current generators are being developed to drive compact loads leading to conductors carrying very high current densities. Losses in conductors…”
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D-dot and B-dot monitors for Z-vacuum section power-flow measurements by Stygar, W.A., Spielman, R.B., Ives, H.C., Moore, W.B.S., Seamen, J.F., Sharpe, A.W., Wagoner, T.C., Gilliland, T.L., Broyles, R.S., Mills, J.A., Dinwoodie, T.A., Slopek, J.S., Struve, K.W., Reynolds, P.G.

“…New differential D-dot and B-dot monitors were developed for the Z vacuum section of an accelerator pulsed power supply. The D-dots measure voltage at the…”
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Operation of a five-stage 40000-cm2-area insulator stack at 158 kV/cm by Stygar, W.A., Spielman, R.B., Anderson, R.A., Clark, R.E., Douglas, J.W., Gilliland, T.L., Horry, M.L., Hughes, T.P., Ives, H.C., Long, F.W., Martin, T.H., McDaniel, D.H., Milton, O., Mostrom, M.A., Seamen, J.F., Shoup, R.W., Smith, J.W., Struve, K.W., Vogtlin, G.E., Wagoner, T.C., Yamamoto, O.

“…We have demonstrated operation of a 3.35-m-diameter insulator stack at 158 kV/cm with no total-stack flashovers on five consecutive Z-accelerator shots. The…”
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Design and performance of the Z magnetically-insulated transmission lines by Stygar, W.A., Spielman, R.B., Allshouse, G.O., Deeney, C., Humphreys, D.R., Ives, H.C., Long, F.W., Martin, T.H., Matzen, M.K., McDaniel, D.H., Mendel, C.W., Mix, L.P., Nash, T.J., Poukey, J.W., Ramirez, J.J., Sanford, T.W.L., Seamen, J.F., Seidel, D.B., Smith, J.W., Van De Valde, D.M., Wavrik, R.W., Corcoran, P.A., Douglas, J.W., Smith, I.D., Mostrom, M.A., Struve, K.W., Hughes, T.P., Clark, R.E., Shoup, R.W., Wagoner, T.C., Gilliland, T.L., Peyton, B.P.

“…The authors have designed and tested a 10 nH, 1.5 m radius vacuum section for the Z accelerator. The vacuum section consists of four vacuum flares, four…”
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