The code couples the electrical circuit with plasma focus (PF) dynamics, thermodynamics
and radiation. It is energy-, charge-and mass-consistent and accounts for the effects of …

This paper is a sequel to the 1998 review paper “Scientific status of the Dense Plasma
Focus” with 16 authors belonging to 16 nations, whose initiative led to the establishment of …

The Lawson criterion is a key concept in the pursuit of fusion energy, relating the fuel density
n, pulse duration τ or energy confinement time τ E, and fuel temperature T to the energy gain …

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 …

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 …

The dense plasma focus (DPF), a coaxial plasma gun, utilizes pulsed high current electrical
discharge to heat and compress the plasma to very high density and temperature with …

The fusion Z-pinch experiment (FuZE) is a sheared-flow stabilized Z-pinch designed to study
the effects of flow stabilization on deuterium plasmas with densities and temperatures high …

The use of magnetic fields to improve the performance of hohlraum-driven implosions on the
National Ignition Facility (NIF) is discussed. The focus is on magnetically insulated inertial …

Z-pinch experiments with a hybrid configuration of a deuterium gas puff have been carried
out on the HAWK (NRL, Washington, DC) and GIT-12 (IHCE, Tomsk) pulsed power …

Acceleration of high energy ions was observed in z-pinches and dense plasma foci as early
as the 1950s. Even though many theories have been suggested, the ion acceleration …