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I’m having trouble with the link as well.

From the description it seems interesting, but 2D, two-fluid MHD simulations of the plasma focus have been around since the 1970’s (D. E. Potter). The problem moving forward seems to be how to go from a fluid approximation to a kinetic calculation. The pinch conditions don’t lend themselves to fluid approximations. Some recent work by Dale Welch in Physics of Plasmas describes full kinetic simulations of a Z-pinch implosion. In addition to the usual complications of the particle transport, is the radiation from the boron going to create problems due to opacity? Kinetic simulation is hard and radiation transport added to kinetic simulation is beyond state of the art in published lit.