Staged Z-pinch experiments at a 0.5MA LTD pulsed power generator using Ar and Kr liners

We report on our first Staged Z-pinch experiments at Cezar, a 0.5 MA Linear Transformer Driver (LTD) at UC San Diego. In these experiments  Ar or Kr liners compress a deuterium target. The pinch stability is monitored with a multi-frame X-ray pinhole camera and with Schlieren imaging. Soft X-rays are measured with silicon diodes covered with thin metal foils. Extensive set of neutron time of flight detectors (nTOFs) are deployed to assess the neutron flux isotropy and to measure the neutron yield.  The neutron yield is also measured with a LaBr detector.