Of course some sources, well all most every source would have you believe it is a thermonuclear event we are looking for. In reality the Z Pinch is a star machine, in its own right. I did notice that somone on wiki has put a Telsa Coil up in the Z Pinch page.The Jupiter Program
Ramirez, J.J.
Pulsed Power Conference, 1995. Digest of Technical Papers., Tenth IEEE International
Volume 1, Issue , 3-6 Jul 1995 Page(s):91 - 98 vol.1
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/PPC.1995.596461
Summary:Jupiter is a Sandia National Laboratories initiative to develop the next generation of fast Z-pinch drivers for applications to high energy density physics, inertial confinement fusion, and radiation effects simulation. Jupiter will also provide unique capabilities for science research in a broad spectrum of areas involving ultra high magnetic fields, hot/dense plasmas, X-ray physics, intense neutron sources, etc. The program is based on the premise that a single facility using magnetically driven implosions can meet the needs in these multiple program areas. Jupiter requires a 450-500 TW, 8-10 MV, ~100 ns pulsed power generator to impart ~15 MJ kinetic energy to an imploding plasma load. The baseline concept uses a highly modular, robust architecture with demonstrated performance reliability. The design also has the flexibility to drive longer implosion times. This paper describes the Jupiter accelerator concept, and the research underway to establish the technological readiness to proceed with construction of the facility
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/login ... ber=596461
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-pinch
That was never up there before, wonder if someone read my statement on the Impulse Magnifying Transmitter being a Z Pinch>
Here is a looksee at thermonuclear devices which does have a Z Pinch section at the bottom.
Z Pinch
A variant of inertial confinement fusion called a ''Z pinch'' is under development at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico. This device would implode little thermonuclear fuel capsules like those the Livermore laboratory is developing, but without lasers. Instead, scientists have invented a cylindrical array of very fine tungsten wires and a gigantic capacitor, a device that can store and instantaneously discharge huge electric charges.
When the Sandia capacitor is fired, it sends a current of 20 million amperes through the fine wires in the Z pinch, and the wires are converted into super-hot plasma. The plasma is driven inward upon itself by the huge magnetic field produced by the sudden current. The collision of the imploding plasma generates a gigantic X-ray pulse and this, it is hoped, can implode fuel capsules to reach ignition.
The Z pinch and a more powerful successor planned by Sandia, the X-1, will not ignite a sustained reaction but should produce a pulse of fusion.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.h ... wanted=all
