The Z-pinch, perhaps the oldest subject in plasma physics, has achieved a remarkable
renaissance in recent years, following a few decades of neglect due to its basically unstable …

One of the most pressing problems of this century is to solve the energy supply problem and
in particular the development of fusion energy technology. Fusion powers the Sun and stars …

We have developed an accelerator architecture that can serve as the basis of the design of
petawatt-class z-pinch drivers. The architecture has been applied to the design of two z …

High current pulsed-power generators efficiently store and deliver magnetic energy to z-
pinch targets. We review applications of magnetically driven implosions (MDIs) to inertial …

Shock ignition is an approach to direct-drive inertial confinement fusion (ICF) in which the
stages of compression and hot spot formation are partly separated. The fuel is first imploded …

In this community white paper, we describe an approach to achieving fusion which employs
a hybrid of elements from the traditional magnetic and inertial fusion concepts, called …

We apply a few simple first-principles equations to identify the parameter space in which
controlled fusion might be possible. Fundamental physical parameters such as minimum …

Over the last several years, rapid progress has been made evaluating the double-z-pinch
indirect-drive, inertial confinement fusion (ICF) high-yield target concept (Hammer et al 1999 …

The results of experiments on the study of plasma compression of nested wire arrays of
mixed composition and the generation of powerful pulses of soft x-ray radiation (SXR) …

A brief overview of the inertial fusion principles and schemes is presented. The bases for the
laser driven ignition experiments programmed for the near future at the National Ignition …