A review of the dense Z-pinch

Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 53 (2011) 093001
Topical Review
Figure 49. End-on laser probing of a 16-wire Al array at 97 ns (upper half, interferometry; lower
half, shadowgraphy). On the right is a constructed isodensity plot from two wires with an increment
of density of 10 17 cm −3 . Reprinted with permission from [348]. Copyright 1999, American
Institute of Physics.
Figure 50. Magnetic field topology (a) for a pair of wires and (b) for a wire array, showing field
lines and separatrices. Reprinted with permission from [349 figure 15]. Copyright 2000, American
Institute of Physics.
streams from each wire. The magnetic topology experienced by the plasma is shown in
figure 50; for two wires a quadrupole with a figure of 8 separatrix, while for a cylindrical wire
array the separatrices cross on the array axis [349]. In both cases there are private flux lines
around each wire and global field lines. For the array the latter must interpenetrate the gaps
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