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Crystal Exposes Heart of Intense X-Ray Source

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Richard Gaughan

The Z machine at Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M., is the world's most powerful man-made x-ray source. In operation, laser-triggered switches release the charge stored in massive capacitor banks to channel 20 MA through an array of small wires, vaporizing them into a plasma. The magnetic field created by the current drives the plasma toward the target core, releasing nearly 250 TW of peak x-ray power along with several megajoules of kinetic energy in the form of flying debris. The energy released is dependent upon how uniformly the plasma is compressed. The Z machine...Read full article

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