Diagnosing magnetized liner inertial fusion experiments on Z.

Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion experiments performed at Sandia's Z facility have demonstrated significant thermonuclear fusion neutron yields (~10¹² DD neutrons) from multi-keV deuterium plasmas inertially confined by slow (~10 cm/µs), stable, cylindrical implosions. Effective magnetic confinement of charged fusion reactants and products is signaled by high secondary DT neutron yields above 10¹⁰. Analysis of extensive power, imaging, and spectroscopic x-ray measurements provides a detailed picture of ~3 keV temperatures, 0.3 g/cm³ densities, gradients, and mix in the fuel and liner over the 1-2 ns stagnation duration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]