In a Z-pinch test using Pulsotron-3 fusion reactor, I have seen at high-speed camera that a pyrex glass generated a beautiful green light during some milliseconds after the electromagnetic pulse was finished.

The magnetic field was over 300 kilotesla in the target that was several centimeters from the pyrex glass.

It can be seen under "Project log" here:

https://www.researchgate.net/project/PULSOTRON-500k-SE-500KeV-THERMONUCLEAR-FUSION-REACTOR

The pyrex glass was broken but I think there was not a high-temperature raise in the glass. What could generate the luminescence?

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