Estimates of Fusion Gain of Plasma Jet Driven Magneto-Inertial Fusion*

We present 2D simulations of imploding plasma liners as a way to estimate fusion gain for these systems. The goal of this work is to guide design of high gain configurations for devices similar to the PLX-Alpha project, currently operating at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The liners are spherically symmetric xenon plasma with implosion velocities of 60-120 km/s formed by a series of high speed jets. At the center of the liner is a DT target that is compressed by the liner and the resulting high density and temperature creates neutron yield. We investigate, in particular, the effect of equation of state, radiation, and liner perturbation on the neutron yield.