Abstract
The studies of neutron emission in Z-pinches are analyzed in this work. The available ideas concerning the nature of neutron emission are contradictory. The terms “fusion mechanism” and “acceleration mechanism” used in publications concerning neutron generation are unable to explain all characteristic properties of Z-pinches observed experimentally. The physical grounds for using these mechanisms are also not fully confirmed. The revision of the existing theoretical approaches makes it possible to reveal new methods for studying Z-pinches, such as the studies of considerable energy release in the Z-pinch plasmas due to the development of MHD instability, as well as the studies of the energy transport during which the most of the magnetic field energy is transported directly to ions, without the participation of the electron component.
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