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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 127, Issue 20, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/5.0004228
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- Erna and Jakob Michael Visiting Professorship at the Weizmann Institute of Science
- Zap Energy Inc.
- Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-AR-0000571]
- National Nuclear Security Administration [DE-NA0001860]
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-FG02-04ER54756]
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research [FA9550-15-1-0271]
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The Z-pinch configuration offers the promise of a compact fusion device owing to its simple geometry, unity beta, and absence of external magnetic field coils. Increasing the axial current compresses the plasma, resulting in a rapid rise of the fusion reaction rate. Historically, the Z pinch has been plagued by fast growing instabilities that limit plasma lifetimes. Recent progress has resulted from investigating approaches that provide stability. One approach exploits sheared-flow stabilization to produce an equilibrium Z pinch, which sustains the compressed plasma state for durations much longer than other plasma timescales. Recent experimental and simulation results encourage pursuit of the stabilized Z pinch to explore its fusion performance limits.
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