The Z-pinch configuration offers the promise of a compact fusion device owing to its simple
geometry, unity beta, and absence of external magnetic field coils. Increasing the axial …

Zap Energy is a private fusion energy company developing the sheared-flow-stabilized
(SFS) Z-pinch concept for commercial energy production. Spun out from the University of …

This paper provides a retrospective of the Accelerating Low-cost Plasma Heating and
Assembly (ALPHA) fusion program of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy …

Fusion gain Q and triple product n T τ are derived for the sheared-flow-stabilized (SFS) Z
pinch by including the input power associated with driving the plasma flow and the …

The Fusion Z Pinch Experiment (FuZE) investigates sheared-flow stabilization of classic m=
0 and m= 1 instabilities in Z pinches with an embedded axial flow. FuZE consists of a 100 cm …

The FuZE sheared-flow-stabilized Z pinch at Zap Energy is simulated using whole-device
modeling employing an axisymmetric resistive magnetohydrodynamic formulation …

The Z-pinch m ¼0 instability as well as its stabilization by radially sheared axial flow is
studied using the nonlinear ideal five-moment twofluid (5M2F) model with an extension of …

Experiments have demonstrated that a Z-pinch can persist for thousands of times longer
than the growth time of global magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instabilities such as the m= 0 …

Shortly after the laser was invented in 1960, scientists sought to use it for thermonuclear
fusion. By 1963, Livermore had a classified laser inertial confinement fusion (ICF) program …

Multiple spectroscopy diagnostics have been fielded on the FuZE-Q sheared-flow-stabilized
(SFS) Z-pinch to measure plasma impurities, flow velocity, temperature, and density. The …