Highlights of the Pulsed Power Inertial Confinement Fusion

	Time-exposure photograph of electrical flashover arcs produced over the surface of the water in the accelerator tank as a byproduct of Z operation. These flashovers are much like strokes of lightning.

The Highlights were a monthly one-page summary, first produced in July 1993, of activities in Sandia's Inertial Confinement Fusion Program (ICF). They are included here to provide historical perspective on Sandia's ICF and high energy density physics programs. Until August 2000, they were distributed by snail mail to the Department of Energy, the Defense Programs Center (9000), management, staff, and contractors in the Pulsed Power Sciences Center (1600), and other external customers and contacts. Except for May and June 2001, they were not produced from September 2000 to August 2002. The Highlights were briefly revived in September - December 2002 with a new format that addressed a single activity.

Other Reports on High Energy Density and Inertial Confinement Fusion

• Special Reports
: historical perspective of transition from light ions to z pinches

• Ion Source Requirements for Light Ion Beam Fusion
• Sandia News Releases: Sandia press releases involving pulsed power
• Biannual External Reviews of Sandia's Pulsed Power Capabilities

2000 Garwin Committee Report
2002 Trivelpiece Committee Report
2004 Trivelpiece Committee Report

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