Exploring magnetized liner inertial fusion with a semi-analytic model
Abstract
In this paper, we explore magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF) [S. A. Slutz et al., Phys. Plasmas 17, 056303 (2010)] using a semi-analytic model [R. D. McBride and S. A. Slutz, Phys. Plasmas 22, 052708 (2015)]. Specifically, we present simulation results from this model that: (a) illustrate the parameter space, energetics, and overall system efficiencies of MagLIF; (b) demonstrate the dependence of radiative loss rates on the radial fraction of the fuel that is preheated; (c) explore some of the recent experimental results of the MagLIF program at Sandia National Laboratories [M. R. Gomez et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 155003 (2014)]; (d) highlight the experimental challenges presently facing the MagLIF program; and (e) demonstrate how increases to the preheat energy, fuel density, axial magnetic field, and drive current could affect future MagLIF performance.
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@article{arxiv.1511.08269,
title = {Exploring magnetized liner inertial fusion with a semi-analytic model},
author = {R. D. McBride and S. A. Slutz and R. A. Vesey and M. R. Gomez and A. B. Sefkow and S. B. Hansen and P. F. Knapp and P. F. Schmit and M. Geissel and A. J. Harvey-Thompson and C. A. Jennings and E. C. Harding and T. J. Awe and D. C. Rovang and K. D. Hahn and M. R. Martin and K. R. Cochrane and K. J. Peterson and G. A. Rochau and J. L. Porter and W. A. Stygar and E. M. Campbell and C. W. Nakhleh and M. C. Herrmann and M. E. Cuneo and D. B. Sinars},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.08269},
year = {2016}
}
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Published in Physics of Plasmas [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4939479]