<s>
MAGPIE	B-Algorithm
(	O
Mega	O
Ampere	B-General_Concept
Generator	O
for	O
Plasma	O
Implosion	O
Experiments	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
pulsed	O
power	O
generator	O
based	O
at	O
Imperial	O
College	O
London	O
,	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
generator	O
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
current	O
pulse	O
with	O
a	O
maximum	O
of	O
1.8	O
million	O
amperes	B-General_Concept
in	O
240	O
nanoseconds	O
(	O
150	O
nanoseconds	O
rise	O
time	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
present	O
the	O
machine	O
is	O
operated	O
with	O
a	O
maximum	O
current	O
of	O
approximately	O
1.4	O
million	O
amperes	B-General_Concept
and	O
operates	O
as	O
a	O
z-pinch	O
facility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Research	O
at	O
the	O
MAGPIE	B-Algorithm
generator	O
has	O
focused	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
on	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
inertial	O
confinement	O
fusion	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
recently	O
seen	O
significant	O
adaptations	O
for	O
studies	O
of	O
Laboratory	O
Astrophysics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
simulation	O
of	O
such	O
large-scale	O
events	O
has	O
been	O
undertaken	O
at	O
MAGPIE	B-Algorithm
both	O
from	O
a	O
computational	O
point	O
of	O
view	O
,	O
through	O
the	O
GORGON	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
from	O
an	O
experimental	O
one	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
the	O
generator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MAGPIE	B-Algorithm
is	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
similar	O
pulsed	O
power	O
machines	O
worldwide	O
,	O
of	O
which	O
the	O
largest	O
and	O
most	O
powerful	O
is	O
the	O
Z-machine	O
at	O
Sandia	O
National	O
Laboratories	O
,	O
Albuquerque	O
,	O
New	O
Mexico	O
.	O
</s>
