Post‐implosion evolution of high‐current, radiating Z‐pinches Available to Purchase

High‐current, high‐atomic‐number z‐pinches created from the implosion of gas puffs and wire arrays radiate strongly in the XUV to keV regime when the plasma assembles on the axis of symmetry. Here, the development of the pinch following assembly is studied using equilibrium relations and a 1d radial, self‐similar code for the dynamics. Likely evolutionary paths are determined in terms of initial plasma conditions and generator parameters.