Deuterium Gas Puff And CD/sub 2/ Fiber Array Z-Pinch on Saturn

Transition from Beam-Target to Thermonuclear Fusion in High-Current DeuteriumZ-Pinch Simulations

“…At stagnation, the pinch radii from the simulations were ≈ 3 mm with ion temperatures between 4 to 6 keV, just as they were shown in Coverdale et al [12]. Neutron yields at high currents also compare well with those published in Spielman et al [18] and Coverdale et al [12]. Furthermore, the neutron yields vs time were compared with the results shown in Welch et al [3] and found to be in close agreement with data from Lsp and Mach2 simulations with regards to the pulse duration and amplitude.…”