Z-PINCH

Domain	Definition
Physics	A type of pinch device in which the externally-driven pinching current goes in the z direction, parallel to the axis of the cylindrical plasma. Parallel current filaments attract one another, imploding the pinch plasma. Z pinch devices have been studied for centuries, but became especially interesting in the 1950s as candidates for magnetic confinement fusion. The pinch plasmas themselves are too magnetohydrodynamically unstable to produce fusion energy. However, present-day Z pinch devices are excellent sources of intense X-rays, producing peak X-ray powers greater than 100 TW from cylindrical pinch plasmas some 10 to 20 mm long and 2 mm in diameter. Among several possible applications, these X-rays might be useful for producing inertial confinement fusion. (references)
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Anagrams: Z-PINCH

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-h-i-n-p-z"
	-1 letter: pinch.
	-2 letters: chin, chip, inch, phiz, zinc.
	-3 letters: chi, hic, hin, hip, ich, nip, phi, pic, pin, zin, zip.
	-4 letters: hi, in, pi.
	Words containing the letters "c-h-i-n-p-z"
	+4 letters: chimpanzee.
	+5 letters: chimpanzees, citizenship.
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