Radiographic Diagnostic Development for Testing Magnetic Field Uniformity Effects on Imploding Cylindrical Liner Stability

X-pinch radiography is a simple but effective technique for diagnosing imploding cylindrical plasmas [1]. Two or more crossed wires are placed in the return current path, which causes these wires to “pinch” and emit a burst of x-rays. These x-rays create a radiographic image that can provide a view into the structure of the imploding plasma column. The work presented here discusses the hardware upgrades that were necessary to implement this diagnostic on the MAIZE facility, a 1-MA, 100-ns rise time pulsed power machine at the University of Michigan. We will also present preliminary results from using this diagnostic during imploding cylindrical foil experiments, where the magnetic field uniformity at the surface of the foil has been varied from one experiment to the next.