This paper is a sequel to the 1998 review paper “Scientific status of the Dense Plasma
Focus” with 16 authors belonging to 16 nations, whose initiative led to the establishment of …

The characterization of plasma bursts produced after the pinch phase in a plasma focus of
hundreds of joules, using pulsed optical refractive techniques, is presented. A pulsed Nd …

This paper considers the modern level of technique, research, and application of “plasma
focus” facilities in the countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. A description of the …

Z-pinch experiments with a hybrid configuration of a deuterium gas puff have been carried
out on the HAWK (NRL, Washington, DC) and GIT-12 (IHCE, Tomsk) pulsed power …

A table top plasma focus device operating at hundreds of joules was used to simulate an
equivalent damage factor than the obtained on the divertor in tokamak experiments. Using …

This mini-tutorial summarizes the plasma characteristics important for the-pinch research,
with an emphasis on high-density collisional plasmas. It begins with the discussion of the …

Recent observations of an azimuthally distributed array of sub-millimeter size sources of
fusion protons and correlation between extreme ultraviolet (XUV) images of filaments with …

In this work, new evidence and information about both the origin and evolution of filamentary
structures observed in the current sheath of a small plasma focus (PF) discharge are …

The results of studies of the plasma-current sheath structure on the PF-1000 facility in the
stage close to the instant of pinch formation are presented. The measurements were …

In the last years, medium size Z-pinch experiments operating at tens of kJ are being used to
create supersonic plasma jets. Those experiments are produced with wire arrays and radial …