(ICP/10) Measurement of Solid Liner Implosion for Magnetized Target Fusion
R. E. Siemon1), T. Cavazos3),
D. Clark1), S. K. Coffey4),
J. H. Degnan2), R. J. Faehl1),
M. H. Frese4), D. Fulton1),
J. C. Gueits2), D. Gale3),
T. W. Hussey2), T. P. Intrator1),
R. Kirkpatrick1), G. F. Kiuttu2),
F. M. Lehr2), J. D. Letterio2),
I. Lindemuth1), W. McCullough2),
R. Moses1), R. E. Peterkin2),
R. E. Reinovsky1), N. F. Roderick5),
E. L. Ruden2), J. S. Shlachter1),
K. F. Schoenberg1), W. Sommars2),
J. M. Taccetti1), P. J. Turchi1),
M. G. Tuszweski1), G. Wurden1),
F. Wysocki1)
1) Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
2) Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, NM, USA
3) Maxwell Technologies, Inc., Albuquerque, NM
4) NumerEx, Albuquerque, NM
5) University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Abstract. Data are presented on the implosion symmetry of a 1-mm-thick
10-cm-diameter 30-cm-long solid aluminum cylinder (called a liner). At the
moment when radial compression of more than 10:1 is achieved, the inward
velocity of the inner liner surface is 5 km/sec and liner symmetry is
excellent (rms variation in radius of about 6%). This technology is
important for Magnetized Target Fusion, the approach being developed where
magnetically insulated plasma is compressed to fusion conditions by means of
an imploded liner. The construction of a theta pinch to inject a
high-density field-reversed configuration (n 
1017cm- 3
with T 300 eV) into the liner is presently underway.
IAEA 2001
