3D modeling of merging plasma jets

PLX is a new experiment at LANL investigating imploding plasma liners formed via merging plasma jets. In the future, an imploding plasma liner could be used as a standoff driver for MIF implosions. In this paper we present 3D simulation results of multiple interacting jets with and without magnetic fields including a general equation of state and simple radiation models using the Tech-X code Nautilus. A brief description of the algorithms and plasma models used will also be presented.