Cornell University

This is a photo of the XUV emission of an exploding 25 m diameter copper wire connected in series to two magnetic field coils on the two ends driven by a COBRA current pulse. This shot is a part of a study on the dynamics of the wire plasma in a magnetic mirror configuration. Kink instability can be seen to develop over the 30 ns period covered by the four images (chronologically order is clockwise starting from the top right image). Photo and work credit Chiatai Chen.

Ahmed Elshafiey working in the lab.

Research Associate E. Sander Lavine, with graduate students Jay Angel and Euan Freeman, setting up cameras for a gas-puff Z-pinch experimental shot as work resumes in the LPS lab months are being shut down due to COVID-19.