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 …

The dense plasma focus (DPF) is a Z-pinch that has been studied for 50 years. Within ten
years of its discovery by Fillipov and Fillipova in Russia and Mather in the USA, this dense …

, Piscataway, NJ, 1997), Vol. 1, p. 709] at Sandia National Laboratories delivers∼ 20 MA
load currents to create high magnetic fields (> 1000 T) and high pressures (megabar to …

The effect of discrete wires on the implosion dynamics of wire array Z-pinch experiments
at∼ 1 MA current level is discussed. The data show that the formation of a core–corona …

We have measured the x-ray power and energy radiated by a tungsten-wire-array z pinch as
a function of the peak pinch current and the width of the anode-cathode gap at the base of …

A review of recent experiments on the MAGPIE generator (1 MA, 250 ns) aimed at studying
the implosion dynamics of wire array Z-pinches is presented. The first phase of implosion is …

Neutron emission from a deuterium plasma pinch generated in a very small plasma focus (6
mm anode diameter) operating at only tens of joules is presented. A maximum current of 50 …

Wire-array z pinches show promise as a high-power, efficient, reproducible, and low-cost x-
ray source for high-yield indirect-drive inertial confinement fusion. Recently, rapid progress …

Dense Z-pinch plasmas are powerful and energy-efficient laboratory sources of X-rays, and
show the possibility to drive inertial confinement fusion (ICF). Recent advances in wire-array …

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 …