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 …

Enhancement of the ion temperature and fusion yield has been observed in magnetized
laser-driven inertial confinement fusion implosions on the OMEGA Laser Facility. A spherical …

A" z-pinch" is a deceptively simple plasma configuration in which a longitudinal current
produces a magnetic field that tends to confine the plasma. The simple geometry and low …

Experiments applying laser-driven magnetic-flux compression to inertial confinement fusion
(ICF) targets to enhance the implosion performance are described. Spherical plastic (CH) …

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 microtube implosion driven by ultraintense laser pulses is used to produce ultrahigh
magnetic fields. Due to the laser-produced hot electrons with energies of mega-electron …

The demonstration of magnetic field compression to many tens of megagauss in cylindrical
implosions of inertial confinement fusion targets is reported for the first time. The OMEGA …

Laser-driven magnetic-field compression producing a magnetic field of tens of megaGauss
is reported for the first time. A shock wave formed during the implosion of a cylindrical target …

Explores the systems of magnetic confinement of high-temperature plasma with closed and
open magnetic field lines which relate to alternative compact devices of controlled …