Impact of strong magnetization in cylindrical plasma implosions with applied B-field measured via x-ray emission spectroscopy

Magnetization is a key strategy for enhancing inertial fusion performance, though accurate characterization of magnetized dense plasmas is needed for a better comprehension of the underlying physics.Measured spectra from Aloe Vera imploding Ar-doped D_{2}-filled cylinders at the OMEGA laser show distinctive features with and without an imposed magnetic field.A multizone spectroscopic diagnosis leads to quantitative estimates of the plasma conditions, namely revealing a 50% core temperature rise at half mass density when a 30-T seed field is applied.Concurrently, experimental spectra align well with predictions from extended-magnetohydrodynamics simulations, providing strong evidence that the attained core conditions at peak compression are consistent with the impact of a 10-kT compressed field.

These results pave the way for Canes the validation of magnetized transport models in dense plasmas and for future magnetized laser implosion experiments at a larger scale.

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