Magnetized target fusion (MTF). A OD model

Summary form only given. We present a OD model (cylindrical and spherical) describing the slow implosion of a high conducting shell surrounding a magnetized fuel relevant of the MTF concept which take advantage of two benefits of the magnetic field in the plasma by the reduction of: the thermal conduction during the implosion process; the mean free path of the alpha particles during the ignition. The shell is made up of an external incompressible fluid part and an internal compressible dense plasma. This model permit a survey of the parameter space available for magnetized fuel. It predicts the existence of a new region in parameter space where significant thermonuclear fuel burn-up can occur at very low densities, very low implosion velocities and with drive requirements reduced by several orders of magnitude.