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It has been shown that the generation of hard X-ray radiation, electron beam, and high energy ions that have been detected in experiments on compressing pinches can be related to the Coulomb explosion of a micropinch hot spot, which is formed due to the outflow of the material. In the outflow process, the plasma temperature in the hot spot increases and conditions appear for the transition of electrons to the regime of continuous acceleration. The exit of runaway electrons from the hot spot region leads to the creation of a positive bulk charge, then to a Coulomb explosion. Conditions under which electrons pass to the continuous acceleration regime have been determined and estimates of the ion kinetic energy upon a Coulomb explosion have been obtained.
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Original Russian Text © V.I. Oreshkin, E.V. Oreshkin, 2017, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2017, Vol. 87, No. 1, pp. 34–38.
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Oreshkin, V.I., Oreshkin, E.V. Coulomb explosion of the hot spot of micropinches. Tech. Phys. 62, 32–36 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784217010169
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