Abstract and subjects
Summary form only given. We present comparison of simulations of plasma-jet-driven magneto-inertial fusion (PJMIF) with analytic results and with results from established codes 1 . The liners are spherically symmetric xenon plasma with implosion velocities of 60-120 km/s (assumed to be formed by merging plasma jets). At the center of the liner is a DT target that is compressed by the liner and the resulting high density and temperature creates neutron yield. We investigate, in particular, the effect of equation of state, radiation, thermal conduction and alpha particle production on the neutron yield. The goal of this work is to guide design of high gain configurations of PJMIF for a fusion power reactor 2 . A prototype of such a device is the PLX-Alpha project, currently operating at Los Alamos National Laboratory 3 .