Targets for high repetition rate laser facilities: needs, challenges and perspectives
I Prencipe, J Fuchs, S Pascarelli… - High Power Laser …, 2017 - cambridge.org
A number of laser facilities coming online all over the world promise the capability of high-
power laser experiments with shot repetition rates between 1 and 10 Hz. Target availability …
power laser experiments with shot repetition rates between 1 and 10 Hz. Target availability …
Tripled yield in direct-drive laser fusion through statistical modelling
V Gopalaswamy, R Betti, JP Knauer, N Luciani, D Patel… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Focusing laser light onto a very small target can produce the conditions for laboratory-scale
nuclear fusion of hydrogen isotopes. The lack of accurate predictive models, which are …
nuclear fusion of hydrogen isotopes. The lack of accurate predictive models, which are …
Laboratory formation of a scaled protostellar jet by coaligned poloidal magnetic field
Although bipolar jets are seen emerging from a wide variety of astrophysical systems, the
issue of their formation and morphology beyond their launching is still under study. Our …
issue of their formation and morphology beyond their launching is still under study. Our …
Shock ignition of thermonuclear fuel: principles and modelling
Shock ignition is an approach to direct-drive inertial confinement fusion (ICF) in which the
stages of compression and hot spot formation are partly separated. The fuel is first imploded …
stages of compression and hot spot formation are partly separated. The fuel is first imploded …
Exploration of the transition from the hydrodynamiclike to the strongly kinetic regime in shock-driven implosions
Clear evidence of the transition from hydrodynamiclike to strongly kinetic shock-driven
implosions is, for the first time, revealed and quantitatively assessed. Implosions with a …
implosions is, for the first time, revealed and quantitatively assessed. Implosions with a …
Stopping and scattering of relativistic electron beams in dense plasmas and requirements for fast ignition
The interaction of a relativistic electron with a dense plasma is studied in the context of
inertial fusion fast ignition. Expressions for the electron stopping power and deflection are …
inertial fusion fast ignition. Expressions for the electron stopping power and deflection are …
Probing local and electronic structure in Warm Dense Matter: single pulse synchrotron x-ray absorption spectroscopy on shocked Fe
Abstract Understanding Warm Dense Matter (WDM), the state of planetary interiors, is a new
frontier in scientific research. There exists very little experimental data probing WDM states …
frontier in scientific research. There exists very little experimental data probing WDM states …
Targets for direct-drive fast ignition at total laser energy of 200–400kJ
Basic issues for the design of moderate-gain fast ignition targets at total laser energy of 200–
400 kJ (with less than 100 kJ for the igniting beams) are discussed by means of a simple …
400 kJ (with less than 100 kJ for the igniting beams) are discussed by means of a simple …
Classification of and recent research involving radiative shocks
C Michaut, E Falize, C Cavet, S Bouquet… - Astrophysics and Space …, 2009 - Springer
Radiative shocks (RS) occur in astrophysical systems and in high-energy density laboratory
experiments. Aided by three dimensionless parameters, we propose a classification of RS …
experiments. Aided by three dimensionless parameters, we propose a classification of RS …
Proof-of-principle experiment on the dynamic shell formation for inertial confinement fusion
IV Igumenshchev, W Theobald, C Stoeckl, RC Shah… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
In the dynamic-shell (DS) concept [VN Goncharov, Novel Hot-Spot Ignition Designs for
Inertial Confinement Fusion with Liquid-Deuterium-Tritium Spheres, Phys. Rev. Lett. 125 …
Inertial Confinement Fusion with Liquid-Deuterium-Tritium Spheres, Phys. Rev. Lett. 125 …