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The inverse skin effect in the Z-pinch and plasma focus

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The inverse skin effect and its influence on the dynamics of high-current Z-pinch and plasma focus discharges in deuterium are analyzed. It is shown that the second compression responsible for the major fraction of the neutron yield can be interpreted as a result of the inverse skin effect resulting in the axial concentration of the longitudinal current density and the appearance of a reversed current in the outer layers of plasma pinches. Possible conditions leading to the enhancement of the inverse skin effect and accessible for experimental verification by modern diagnostics are formulated.

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Usenko, P.L., Gaganov, V.V. The inverse skin effect in the Z-pinch and plasma focus. Plasma Phys. Rep. 42, 779–791 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X16080109

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