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Neutron generation from Z-pinches

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Recent advances in both experimental and theoretical studies on neutron generation in various Z-pinch facilities are reviewed. The main methods for enhancing neutron emission from the Z-pinch plasma are described, and the problems of igniting a thermonuclear burn wave in this plasma are discussed.

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Original Russian Text © V.V. Vikhrev, V.D. Korolev, 2007, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2007, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 397–423.

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Vikhrev, V.V., Korolev, V.D. Neutron generation from Z-pinches. Plasma Phys. Rep. 33, 356–380 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X07050029

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