M. J. Hurst

TL;DR: The Z accelerator at Sandia National Laboratories delivers ∼20MA load currents to create high magnetic fields (>1000T) and high pressures (megabar to gigabar) in a z-pinch configuration, the magnetic pressure supersonically implodes a plasma created from a cylindrical wire array, which at stagnation typically generates a plasma with energy densities of about 10MJ∕cm3 and temperatures >1keV at 0.1% of solid density as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: A large-aperture (30-cm) kilojoule-class Nd:glass laser system known as Z-Beamlet has been constructed to perform x-ray radiography of high-energy-density science experiments conducted on the Z facility at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

TL;DR: In the concept of dynamic hohlraum, an imploding Z pinch is optically thick to its own radiation as mentioned in this paper, and the radiation may be trapped inside the pinch by colliding an outer Z-pinch liner onto an inner liner.

TL;DR: Three hohlraum concepts are being pursued at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) to investigate the possibility of using pulsed power driven magnetic implosions (z-pinches) to drive high gain targets capable of yields in the range of 200-1000 MJ as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, the axial diagnostic package for the 20 MA, 100 ns, z-pinch driver Z is presented, which allows much closer proximity to the pinch, with inherently better resolution and signal than is presently possible in viewing the pinch from the side.