Pulsed Power as a Science: Predictive Simulations for Beams, Z-Pinches, and Other Applications

This article is based on my plenary presentation that was associated with my Peter Haas Award, where I overview my 40 years of research and the people with whom I have had the pleasure of working, both domestically and internationally. In 1978, Sandia's electron beam fusion program emerged from a weapons simulator community that was machine oriented and relied on design principles and J. Charlie M...