Email this article On the extreme luminosity of hot spots in Z-pinches
- Authors: Chukbar K.V.1,2
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Affiliations:
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University)
- Issue: Vol 104, No 3 (2016)
- Pages: 186-187
- Section: Plasma, Hydro- and Gas Dynamics
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0021-3640/article/view/159588
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364016150078
- ID: 159588
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Abstract
A simple universal upper estimate has been proposed for the intensity of X rays from hot spots in pinches, which is similar to the Eddington limit of luminosity of stars. The closeness of the experimental results at various setups to the theoretical limit has been discussed.
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K. V. Chukbar
National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute; Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University)
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Email: Chukbar_KV@nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 123182; Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow region, 141700
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