Combining the data of gas puff Z pinch experiments on Qiangguang I generator, the expression of the line mass is obtained using the implosion time expression which is deduced from snow-plow model.

Stronger European nations averted an immediate implosion only by providing Greece and Ireland with emergency credit lines, letting them bypass private markets for the time being.

I believe the fix appeared some time in 2006. So even when Zed published his implosion at the end of 2007, this was already ancient history.