Electron beams and x-ray emission of conical wire array Z-pinches

Summary form only given. It is well known that intense beams of energetic electrons are accelerated in z-pinches. Using magnetic deflection and Faraday cup detection we measured electron energies and the current of beams produced in conical wire array z-pinches and x-pinches. The variations in pointing and divergence of the beams reduced the accuracy of these measurements. However, the beam activity can be correlated with the x-ray emission of the z-pinches. We will present results of these measurements.