The quest for controlled fusion energy has been ongoing for over a half century. The
demonstration of ignition and energy gain from thermonuclear fuels in the laboratory has …

For more than half a century, researchers around the world have been engaged in attempts
to achieve fusion ignition as a proof of principle of various fusion concepts. Following the …

The generation of dynamic high energy density plasmas in the pico-to nano-second time
domain at high-energy laser facilities affords unprecedented nuclear science research …

We present a data-based model for low mode asymmetry in low gas-fill hohlraum
experiments on the National Ignition Facility {NIF [Moses et al., Fusion Sci. Technol. 69, 1 …

The implosion efficiency in inertial confinement fusion depends on the degree of stagnated
fuel compression, density uniformity, sphericity, and minimum residual kinetic energy …

By the time an inertially confined fusion (ICF) implosion has converged a factor of 20, its
surface area has shrunk 400×⁠, making it an inefficient x-ray energy absorber. So, ICF …

Hot-spot shape and electron temperature (T e) are key performance metrics used to assess
the efficiency of converting shell kinetic energy into hot-spot thermal energy in inertial …

MeV-range ions generated in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) and high-energy-density
physics experiments carry a wealth of information, including fusion reaction yield, rate, and …

At the completion of the National Ignition Campaign (NIC), the National Ignition Facility (NIF)
had about 36 different types of diagnostics. These were based on several decades of …

Charged-particle energy loss or “stopping power” in plasmas has been studied theoretically
and experimentally, with important applications in modeling fusion experiments. Dense …