Spectroscopic investigations of the short wavelength x-ray spectra from X-pinch plasmas

Investigations of X-pinch plasma structure and generation of an accelerated electron beam in the X-pinch using the methods of x-ray emission spectroscopy are discussed. The diagnostics allowed to make an investigation of the x-ray radiation with high spectral and spatial resolution over the spectral range 0.5 to more than 10 Å from a variety of wire materials.