Abstract Rayleigh–Taylor (RT) and Richtmyer–Meshkov (RM) instabilities are well-known
pathways towards turbulent mixing layers, in many cases characterized by significant mass …

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 spectacular progress made during the last few years in reaching high energy densities
in fast implosions of annular current sheaths (fast Z pinches) opens new possibilities for a …

Nested-wire arrays on the 20-MA Z-pinch accelerator have produced x-ray powers up to
280±40 TW (a 40% increase over a single array) and an x-ray pulse width of 4 ns. The short …

Fast Z-pinch implosions can efficiently convert the stored electrical energy in a pulsed-power
accelerator into x rays. These x rays are produced when an imploding cylindrical plasma …

Fisher and collaborators at the University of California, Irvine, invented the gas puff Z-pinch
in the late 1970s using a 200-kA generator. The implementation of gas puffs as a copious …

A load structure with tailored density profile which delays the onset of the Rayleigh-Taylor
instability development in imploding Z pinches by inverting acceleration of the magnetic …

Experiments on the Z accelerator with deuterium gas puff implosions have produced up to
3.9× 10 13 (±20%) neutrons at 2.34 MeV (±0.10 MeV)⁠. Experimentally, the mechanism for …

Experimental results showing significant reductions from classical in the Rayleigh–Taylor
(RT) instability growth rate due to high pressure effective lattice viscosity in metal foils are …

Gas-puff z-pinch implosions are characterized by the formation of a dense annular plasma
shell, the sheath, that is driven to the axis by magnetic forces and therefore subject to the …