Increasing Load Current in Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion Experiments

Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion is a magneto-inertial fusion concept in which a metal cylindrical shell containing deuterium gas is axially magnetized, the fuel is heated with a laser, and the metal cylinder is imploded by the current of the Z Machine. In previous experiments, the axial magnetic field was 9-10 T, the laser energy absorbed in the fuel was less than 1 kJ, and the peak current flowing through the target was about 17 MA. These experiments produced fusion-relevant temperatures and densities at stagnation, up to 3e12 primary DD neutrons, and a magnetic field in the fuel sufficient to trap a sizable fraction of the fusion-produced tritons.