Z-pinch and plasma focus (Report on the 1988 Workshop on Z-Pinch and Plasma Focus held at Nice, France, 10-11 October 1988)

The 1988 Workshop on the Z-Pinch and Plasma Focus was hosted by the Ecole polytechnique of Palaiseau in Nice; it directly preceded the 12th International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research of the IAEA. This report is intended as a brief review of the meeting for readers who are not necessarily specialists on the z-pinch or the plasma focus. To make the subject accessible to a general fusion audience, a brief description of the main concepts of each of the two types of device is included.