Z-Pinch — Plasma Column Compression Simulation

🌀 Z-Pinch

Magnetic plasma compression

Mode

Parameters

Current I (MA) 4

Temperature (keV) 10

Perturbation 0.05

Statistics

Pinch radius

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Plasma β

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Compression

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Time (µs)

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Z-Pinch physics: Axial current J_z → azimuthal field B_θ → inward Lorentz force J × B compresses plasma. Sausage (m=0): symmetric squeezing. Kink (m=1): column bends sideways. β = 2μ₀nkT / B².