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(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 $ \sim$ 1017cm- 3 with T $ \sim$ 300 eV) into the liner is presently underway.

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