Code Verification of Magnetized Cylindrical Liner Implosions

We investigate the physics of magnetized cylindrical liner implosions with existing MHD codes to verify code accuracy, as well as to understand parametric behavior on figures-of-merit, e.g. radial liner velocity, for designing experiments. ~In our problem, we assume that there exists a 1-D metallic cylindrical liner with an initial axial magnetic seed field imposed in the system. ~ The liner radially implodes due to a specified drive current while the effects of liner pressure and magnetic seed field compression oppose the implosion. This problem is of importance for future magnetized liner fusion experiments, e.g. MagLIF [1].\\[4pt]Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-program laboratory managed and operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. \\[4pt] [1] S.A. Slutz et al, Phys. Plasmas 17, 056303 (2010).