Comparison between initial Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion experiments and integrated simulations

The Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion (MagLIF) approach to ICF has obtained thermonuclear fusion yields using the Z facility. Integrated magnetohydrodynamic simulations provided the design for the first neutron-producing experiments using capabilities that presently exist, and the initial experiments measured stagnation radii $r_{stag}$$<$75 $\mu$m, temperatures around 3 keV, and isotropic neutron yields up to $Y_n^{DD}$=2$\times$10$^{12}$ from imploded liners reaching peak velocities around 70 km/s over an implosion time of about 60 ns. We present comparisons between the experimental observables and post-shot degraded integrated simulations.