Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) has existed as a field of study since the 1970s, but the field
was born out of the Cold War. In the decades since the 1960s, pioneering research …

On December 5, 2022, an indirect drive fusion implosion on the National Ignition Facility
(NIF) achieved a target gain G target of 1.5. This is the first laboratory demonstration of …

In a burning plasma state,,,,,–, alpha particles from deuterium–tritium fusion reactions
redeposit their energy and are the dominant source of heating. This state has recently been …

This paper reviews scientific results from the pursuit of indirect drive ignition on the National
Ignition Facility (NIF) and describes the program's forward looking research directions. In …

The locus of National Ignition Facility (NIF) inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosion data,
in hot-spot burn-average areal density (ρR) and Brysk temperature (T) space, is shown and …

To reach the pressures and densities required for ignition, it may be necessary to develop
an approach to design that makes it easier for simulations to guide experiments. Here, we …

We report on the most recent and successful effort at controlling the trajectory and symmetry
of a high density carbon implosion at the National Ignition Facility. We use a low gasfill (0.3 …

Herein, recent progress on indirectly-driven inertial confinement fusion (ICF) work at the
National Ignition Facility (NIF) is briefly reviewed. An analytic criteria for an ICF burning …

Indirect drive converts high power laser light into x-rays using small high-Z cavities called
hohlraums. X-rays generated at the hohlraum walls drive a capsule filled with deuterium …

Producing a burning plasma in the laboratory has been a long-standing milestone for the
plasma physics community. A burning plasma is a state where alpha particle deposition from …