Modeling of MAGO plasma compression by imploding liner

Magnetized plasma with characteristic density 8/spl middot/10/sup 17/ cm/sup -3/ and average temperature 250 eV has been obtained in a MAGO plasma chamber. One and two dimensional magneto-hydrodynamic computations are performed in which a solid density aluminum liner is imploded on the MAGO target plasma. An influence of a liner compressibility, 2-dimensional effects and various heat losses on the compressed plasma parameters are studied. The computations demonstrate that for a liner energy that has already been achieved experimentally the compressed plasma parameters can meet the Lawson criterion and this plasma can provide a large amount of neutrons and X-ray radiation.