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For the initial compression stage of a cylindrically symmetric Z-pinch in a gas, on the basis of the energy balance of the discharge we derived a dimensionless equation of the relative radius of its plasma cord, containing a generalized variable, i.e., a multiparameter complex Ξ which determines the discharge compression dynamics and is a result of generalization of experimental data. It is shown that the experimental dependence of the relative plasma cord maximum temperature on the complex Ξ has a tendency to saturation, which is due to the rapid increase in Z-pinch radiation intensity in deuterium upon cord compression.
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Original Russian Text © U. Yusupaliev, 2008, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2008, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 43–54.
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Yusupaliev, U. Multiparameter dimensionless complex determining the compression dynamics of a cylindrically symmetric Z-pinch in a gas. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 35, 122–129 (2008). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335608040076
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