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Cu spectroscopy from a z-pinch plasma by Dasgupta, Arati, Clark, Robert W, Ouart, Nicholas D, Giuliani, John L

“…Recent improvements in diagnostic techniques at the Sandia Laboratories Z accelerator have facilitated the production of very detailed x-ray spectral data in…”
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A model for K-shell x-ray yield from magnetic implosions at Sandia's Z machine by Schwarz, Jens, Vesey, Roger A., Ampleford, David J., Schaeuble, Marc-Andre, Jones, Brent, Velikovich, Alexander L., Giuliani, John L., Tangri, Varun, Ouart, Nicholas D., Dasgupta, Arati

“…A zero dimensional thin-shell implosion model with a coupled equivalent circuit for the description of an imploding nested wire array or gas puff is presented…”
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Studies of Radiative and Implosion Characteristics From Brass Planar Wire Arrays by Ouart, Nicholas D, Safronova, Alla S, Kantsyrev, Victor L, Esaulov, Andrey A, Williamson, Kenneth M, Shrestha, Ishor, Osborne, Glenn C, Weller, Michael E

“…Experiments with single-planar wire arrays (SPWA) and double PWAs (DPWAs) with brass 310 wires were carried out on the 1-MA Zebra generator at the University…”
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Study of Electron Beams in Wire Arrays at 1-MA Z-Pinch Generators by Shrestha, Ishor, Kantsyrev, Victor L, Safronova, Alla S, Esaulov, Andrey A, Williamson, Kenneth M, Ouart, Nicholas D, Osborne, Glenn C, Weller, Michael E, Yilmaz, M Fatih

“…We analyzed the characteristics of energetic electron beams produced by implosions of multiplanar wire arrays, nested cylindrical wire arrays (NCWAs), and…”
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Producing Kiloelectronvolt L-Shell Plasmas on Zebra at UNR by Safronova, A. S., Kantsyrev, V. L., Esaulov, A. A., Shrestha, I., Shlyaptseva, V. V., Weller, M. E., Ouart, N. D., Osborne, G. C., Stafford, A., Keim, S. F., Velikovich, A. L., Giuliani, J. L., Chuvatin, A. S.

“…Experiments with various wire loads from mid-atomic-number wires, which were performed on the university-scale 1-MA Zebra generator at the University of…”
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Continuum Hard-Photon K-Shell Yields From Z-Pinch Implosions: Present Status and Scaling to Higher Currents by Velikovich, Alexander L., Ouart, Nicholas D., Dasgupta, Arati, Giuliani, John L., Tangri, Varun, Harvey-Thompson, Adam J., Schaeuble, Marc-Andre, Schwarz, Jens, Myers, Clayton E., Ampleford, David J., Vesey, Roger A., Jones, Brent

“…The use of the recombination continuum for X-ray radiation production in Z-pinches is discussed as an option for generating high yields in the warm photon…”
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Simulations of Recent Argon Gas-Puff Implosions on Z With Xe and Kr Dopants by Tangri, Varun, Giuliani, John L., Velikovich, Alexander L., Ouart, Nicholas, Dasgupta, Arati, Apruzese, John P., Harvey-Thompson, A. J., Jennings, C. A., Jones, Brent

“…An intriguing result is that a small fraction of Xe (0.8% by number in the center jet) can have a significant impact on the emitted K-shell radiation in an Ar…”
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Studies of Radiative and Implosion Characteristics From Brass Planar Wire Arrays: SPECIAL ISSUE ON Z-PINCH PLASMAS 2010 by OUART, Nicholas D, SAFRONOVA, Alla S, KANTSYREV, Victor L, ESAULOV, Andrey A, WILLIAMSON, Kenneth M, SHRESTHA, Ishor, OSBORNE, Glenn C, WELLER, Michael E

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Study of Electron Beams in Wire Arrays at 1-MA Z-Pinch Generators: SPECIAL ISSUE ON Z-PINCH PLASMAS 2010 by SHRESTHA, Ishor, KANTSYREV, Victor L, SAFRONOVA, Alla S, ESAULOV, Andrey A, WILLIAMSON, Kenneth M, OUART, Nicholas D, OSBORNE, Glenn C, WELLER, Michael E, FATIH YILMAZ, M

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Radiation properties and implosion dynamics of planar and cylindrical wire arrays, asymmetric and symmetric, uniform and combined X-pinches on the UNR 1-MA zebra generator by Kantsyrev, V.L., Safronova, A.S., Fedin, D.A., Ivanov, V.V., Esaulov, A.A., Nalajala, V., Shrestha, I., Pokala, S., Williamson, K., Ouart, N.D., Yilmaz, M.F., Laca, P., Cowan, T.E., Rudakov, L.I., Jones, B., Coverdale, C.A., Deeney, C., LePell, P.D., Velikovich, A.L., Chuvatin, A.S.

“…In the following experiments, we studied implosions of different wire arrays and X-pinches produced on the 1-MA Zebra generator at the University of Nevada,…”
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Radiative properties of Z-pinch and laser produced plasmas from mid-atomic-number materials by Ouart, Nicholas D

“…The investigation of Z-pinches on university-scale pulsed power generators allows for the study of plasmas with a broad range of temperatures, densities, and…”
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Al and W Wire Array Implosions and Energy Deposition on the 1-MA COBRA Generator by Kantsyrev, V.L., Fedin, D.A., Esaulov, A.A., Safronova, A.S., Nalajala, V., Williamson, K., Osborne, G., Yilmaz, M.F., Ouart, N.D., Greenly, J.B., Douglass, J.D., McBride, R.D., Maxson, L.M., Hammer, D.A., Velikovich, A.L.

“…Implosion characteristics of cylindrical arrays of aluminum (Al) or tungsten (W) wires with low number of wires were studied on the 1-MA 100-150-ns current…”
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Al and W wire array implosions and energy deposition on the 1-MA COBRA generator: Special issue on Z-pinch plasmas by KANTSYREV, Victor L, FEDIN, Dmitry A, DOUGLASS, Jonathan D, MCBRIDE, Ryan D, MAXSON, Lloyd M, HAMMER, David A, VELIKOVICH, Alexander L, ESAULOV, Andrey A, SAFRONOVA, Alla S, NALAJALA, Vidya, WILLIAMSON, Kenneth, OSBORNE, Glenn, FATIH YILMAZ, M, OUART, Nicholas D, GREENLY, John B

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New results on planar wire array implosions and their comparison with cylindrical wire arrays on the 1 MA zebra generator by Kantsyrev, V., Safronova, A., Esaulov, A., Ivanov, V., Williamson, K., Osborne, G., Ouart, N., Shrestha, I., Yilmaz, F., Astanovitsky, A., Batie, S., LeGalloudec, B., Gruner, M., Cowan, T., Rudakov, L., Velikovich, A., Coverdale, C., Deeney, C., LePell, P.D., Gradel, J., Chuvatin, A.

“…Summary form only given. Planar wire arrays were shown to produce the strong power and yield in EUV/X-ray region. The new results of the total radiation yield…”
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Conical wire array experiments on the zebra generator by Ampleford, D.J., Jones, B., Coverdale, C.A., Jennings, C.A., Deeney, C., LePell, P.D., Kantsyrev, V.L., Ivanov, V.V., Safronova, A.S., Williamson, K., Osborne, G., Laca, P.J., Fedin, D., Ouart, N., Nalajala, V., Chittenden, J.P.

“…Summary form only given. We present the results of recent conical wire array experiments on the Zebra generator. In this paper we will discuss the dynamics of…”
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Theoretical development of m-shell spectroscopy for Z-pinch plasma diagnostics by Shlyaptseva, Alia S., Hamasha, Safeia M., Hansen, Stephanie B., Ouart, Nicholas D., Safronova, Ulyana I.

“…Tungsten wire explosions are being intensively studied at Sandia National Laboratories. Any available x-ray spectral data accumulated in Z experiments with…”
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Spectroscopic analysis of 1MA x-pinch implosions at the Nevada Terawatt Facility by Shlyaptseva, Alia S., Hansen, Stephanie B., Kantsyrev, Victor L., Fedin, Dmitry A., Ouart, Nicholas D., Fournier, Kevin B., Safronova, Ulyana I.

“…An overview of the detailed spectroscopic analysis of more than fifty z-pinch shots at the Nevada Terawatt Facility is presented. Experimental x-ray spectra…”
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