Large scale high-energy density science facilities continue to grow in scale and complexity
worldwide. The increase in driver capabilities, including pulsed-power and lasers, continue …

Structures evoking vortex rings can be discerned in shock-accelerated flows ranging from
astrophysics to inertial confinement fusion. By constructing an analogy between vortex rings …

Being able to provide high-resolution x-ray radiography is crucial in order to study
hydrodynamic instabilities in the high-energy density regime at the National Ignition Facility …

Cylindrical implosions are used to study hydrodynamic instability growth for inertial
confinement fusion (ICF) applications, as the cylindrical geometry allows for easier …

Advancements in computer-controlled polishing, metrology, and replication have led to an x-
ray mirror fabrication process that is capable of producing high-resolution Wolter …

Recent interest in fielding direct drive multi-shell targets on the NIF [K. Molvig et al., Phys.
Rev. Lett. 116, 255003 (2016) and SX Hu et al., Phys. Rev. E 100, 063204 (2019)] has …

Magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF) is a fusion concept that uses magnetized,
preheated fuel to reduce the implosion velocities and convergence ratios required for …

Hard x-rays are widely used for plasma diagnosis, nondestructive inspection, and high-
resolution x-ray imaging. A typical x-ray source is a tabletop micro-focus x-ray source. Here …

Talbot–Lau x-ray deflectometry (TXD) enables refraction-based imaging for high-energy-
density physics experiments, and thus, it has been studied and developed with the goal of …

Performance degradation in laser direct-drive (LDD) inertial confinement fusion (ICF)
implosions is caused by several effects, including Rayleigh–Taylor (RT) and Richtmyer …