From: gdpusch@NO.xnet.SPAM.com (Gordon D. Pusch)
Newsgroups: sci.physics.plasma
Subject: Re: Effect of rapid rise time B field on dense plasma?
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adder_black_the@yahoo.com (Steve Ivy) writes:

> Assuming one has a moderately dense plasma contained in a moderate B
> field at some time.
>
> And then one subjects that plasma to a very strong, very fast rise-time,
> magnetic pulse say like what would be accomplished by a "can crusher"
> type single turn solonoid.
[...]
> I am not talking about the Z machine.
[...]

Correct. A ``can crusher'' is analogous to a ``theta pinch,'' not a ``Z pinch.''


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