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1. Learning from each other: Cross-cutting diagnostic development activities between magnetic and inertial confinement fusion (invited).

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Gatu Johnson M, Schlossberg D, Appelbe B, Ball J, Bitter M, Casey DT, Celora A, Ceurvorst L, Chen H, Conroy S, Crilly A, Croci G, Dal Molin A, Delgado-Aparicio L, Efthimion P, Eriksson B, Eriksson J, Forrest C, Fry C, Frenje J, Gao L, Geppert-Kleinrath H, Geppert-Kleinrath V, Gilson E, Heuer PV, Hill K, Khater H, Kraus F, Laggner F, Lawrence Y, Mackie S, Meaney K, Milder A, Moore A, Nocente M, Pablant N, Panontin E, Rebai M, Reichelt B, Reinke M, Rigamonti D, Ross JS, Rubery M, Russell L, Tardocchi M, Tinguely RA, and Wink C

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Inertial Confinement Fusion and Magnetic Confinement Fusion (ICF and MCF) follow different paths toward goals that are largely common. In this paper, the claim is made that progress can be accelerated by learning from each other across the two fields. Examples of successful cross-community knowledge transfer are presented that highlight the gains from working together, specifically in the areas of high-resolution x-ray imaging spectroscopy and neutron spectrometry. Opportunities for near- and mid-term collaboration are identified, including in chemical vapor deposition diamond detector technology, using gamma rays to monitor fusion gain, handling neutron-induced backgrounds, developing radiation hard technology, and collecting fundamental supporting data needed for diagnostic analysis. Fusion research is rapidly moving into the igniting and burning regimes, posing new opportunities and challenges for ICF and MCF diagnostics. This includes new physics to probe, such as alpha heating; increasingly harsher environmental conditions; and (in the slightly longer term) the need for new plant monitoring diagnostics. Substantial overlap is expected in all of these emerging areas, where joint development across the two subfields as well as between public and private researchers can be expected to speed up advancement for all., (© 2024 Author(s). All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).)

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2024
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2. The impact of low-mode symmetry on inertial fusion energy output in the burning plasma state.

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Ralph JE, Ross JS, Zylstra AB, Kritcher AL, Robey HF, Young CV, Hurricane OA, Pak A, Callahan DA, Baker KL, Casey DT, Döppner T, Divol L, Hohenberger M, Pape SL, Patel PK, Tommasini R, Ali SJ, Amendt PA, Atherton LJ, Bachmann B, Bailey D, Benedetti LR, Berzak Hopkins L, Betti R, Bhandarkar SD, Biener J, Bionta RM, Birge NW, Bond EJ, Bradley DK, Braun T, Briggs TM, Bruhn MW, Celliers PM, Chang B, Chapman T, Chen H, Choate C, Christopherson AR, Clark DS, Crippen JW, Dewald EL, Dittrich TR, Edwards MJ, Farmer WA, Field JE, Fittinghoff D, Frenje J, Gaffney J, Gatu Johnson M, Glenzer SH, Grim GP, Haan S, Hahn KD, Hall GN, Hammel BA, Harte J, Hartouni E, Heebner JE, Hernandez VJ, Herrmann HW, Herrmann MC, Hinkel DE, Ho DD, Holder JP, Hsing WW, Huang H, Humbird KD, Izumi N, Jarrott LC, Jeet J, Jones O, Kerbel GD, Kerr SM, Khan SF, Kilkenny J, Kim Y, Geppert-Kleinrath H, Geppert-Kleinrath V, Kong C, Koning JM, Kroll JJ, Kruse MKG, Kustowski B, Landen OL, Langer S, Larson D, Lemos NC, Lindl JD, Ma T, MacDonald MJ, MacGowan BJ, Mackinnon AJ, MacLaren SA, MacPhee AG, Marinak MM, Mariscal DA, Marley EV, Masse L, Meaney KD, Meezan NB, Michel PA, Millot M, Milovich JL, Moody JD, Moore AS, Morton JW, Murphy TJ, Newman K, Di Nicola JG, Nikroo A, Nora R, Patel MV, Pelz LJ, Peterson JL, Ping Y, Pollock BB, Ratledge M, Rice NG, Rinderknecht HG, Rosen M, Rubery MS, Salmonson JD, Sater J, Schiaffino S, Schlossberg DJ, Schneider MB, Schroeder CR, Scott HA, Sepke SM, Sequoia K, Sherlock MW, Shin S, Smalyuk VA, Spears BK, Springer PT, Stadermann M, Stoupin S, Strozzi DJ, Suter LJ, Thomas CA, Town RPJ, Trosseille C, Tubman ER, Volegov PL, Weber CR, Widmann K, Wild C, Wilde CH, Van Wonterghem BM, Woods DT, Woodworth BN, Yamaguchi M, Yang ST, and Zimmerman GB

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Indirect Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion Experiments on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) have achieved a burning plasma state with neutron yields exceeding 170 kJ, roughly 3 times the prior record and a necessary stage for igniting plasmas. The results are achieved despite multiple sources of degradations that lead to high variability in performance. Results shown here, for the first time, include an empirical correction factor for mode-2 asymmetry in the burning plasma regime in addition to previously determined corrections for radiative mix and mode-1. Analysis shows that including these three corrections alone accounts for the measured fusion performance variability in the two highest performing experimental campaigns on the NIF to within error. Here we quantify the performance sensitivity to mode-2 symmetry in the burning plasma regime and apply the results, in the form of an empirical correction to a 1D performance model. Furthermore, we find the sensitivity to mode-2 determined through a series of integrated 2D radiation hydrodynamic simulations to be consistent with the experimentally determined sensitivity only when including alpha-heating., (© 2024. This is a U.S. Government work and not under copyright protection in the US; foreign copyright protection may apply.)

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2024
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3. Optimization of the gamma reaction history diagnostic for double-shell pusher areal density and reaction history measurements on the National Ignition Facility.

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Dwyer RH, Meaney KD, Geppert-Kleinrath H, Loomis EN, Robey HF, Mohamed ZL, Fry C, and Kim Y

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The double-shell inertial confinement fusion campaign, which consists of an aluminum ablator, a foam cushion, a high-Z pusher (tungsten or molybdenum), and liquid deuterium-tritium (DT) fuel, aims for its first DT filled implosions on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in 2024. The high-Z, high density pusher does not allow x-rays to escape the double-shell capsule. Therefore, nuclear diagnostics such as the Gamma Reaction History (GRH) diagnostic on the NIF are crucial for understanding high-Z implosion performance. To optimize the GRH measurement of fusion reaction history and the pusher's areal density, the MCNP6.3-based forward model of the detector was built. When calculating the neutron-induced inelastic gamma ray production, the interaction of neutrons with the compressed fuel was additionally included. By folding the calculated gamma ray spectrum output and the previously calibrated GRH detector responses, the optimum set of GRH energy thresholds for measuring the pusher areal density is determined to be 2.9 and 6.3 MeV for DT double-shell experiments. In addition, the effect of the down-scattering of neutrons on the gamma ray spectrum, the minimum required yield for measurements, and the attenuation of the gamma rays through the pusher are analyzed., (© 2024 Author(s). All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).)

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4. Achievement of Target Gain Larger than Unity in an Inertial Fusion Experiment.

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Abu-Shawareb H, Acree R, Adams P, Adams J, Addis B, Aden R, Adrian P, Afeyan BB, Aggleton M, Aghaian L, Aguirre A, Aikens D, Akre J, Albert F, Albrecht M, Albright BJ, Albritton J, Alcala J, Alday C, Alessi DA, Alexander N, Alfonso J, Alfonso N, Alger E, Ali SJ, Ali ZA, Allen A, Alley WE, Amala P, Amendt PA, Amick P, Ammula S, Amorin C, Ampleford DJ, Anderson RW, Anklam T, Antipa N, Appelbe B, Aracne-Ruddle C, Araya E, Archuleta TN, Arend M, Arnold P, Arnold T, Arsenlis A, Asay J, Atherton LJ, Atkinson D, Atkinson R, Auerbach JM, Austin B, Auyang L, Awwal AAS, Aybar N, Ayers J, Ayers S, Ayers T, Azevedo S, Bachmann B, Back CA, Bae J, Bailey DS, Bailey J, Baisden T, Baker KL, Baldis H, Barber D, Barberis M, Barker D, Barnes A, Barnes CW, Barrios MA, Barty C, Bass I, Batha SH, Baxamusa SH, Bazan G, Beagle JK, Beale R, Beck BR, Beck JB, Bedzyk M, Beeler RG, Beeler RG, Behrendt W, Belk L, Bell P, Belyaev M, Benage JF, Bennett G, Benedetti LR, Benedict LX, Berger RL, Bernat T, Bernstein LA, Berry B, Bertolini L, Besenbruch G, Betcher J, Bettenhausen R, Betti R, Bezzerides B, Bhandarkar SD, Bickel R, Biener J, Biesiada T, Bigelow K, Bigelow-Granillo J, Bigman V, Bionta RM, Birge NW, Bitter M, Black AC, Bleile R, Bleuel DL, Bliss E, Bliss E, Blue B, Boehly T, Boehm K, Boley CD, Bonanno R, Bond EJ, Bond T, Bonino MJ, Borden M, Bourgade JL, Bousquet J, Bowers J, Bowers M, Boyd R, Boyle D, Bozek A, Bradley DK, Bradley KS, Bradley PA, Bradley L, Brannon L, Brantley PS, Braun D, Braun T, Brienza-Larsen K, Briggs R, Briggs TM, Britten J, Brooks ED, Browning D, Bruhn MW, Brunner TA, Bruns H, Brunton G, Bryant B, Buczek T, Bude J, Buitano L, Burkhart S, Burmark J, Burnham A, Burr R, Busby LE, Butlin B, Cabeltis R, Cable M, Cabot WH, Cagadas B, Caggiano J, Cahayag R, Caldwell SE, Calkins S, Callahan DA, Calleja-Aguirre J, Camara L, Camp D, Campbell EM, Campbell JH, Carey B, Carey R, Carlisle K, Carlson L, Carman L, Carmichael J, Carpenter A, Carr C, Carrera JA, Casavant D, Casey A, Casey DT, Castillo A, Castillo E, Castor JI, Castro C, Caughey W, Cavitt R, Celeste J, Celliers PM, Cerjan C, Chandler G, Chang B, Chang C, Chang J, Chang L, Chapman R, Chapman TD, Chase L, Chen H, Chen H, Chen K, Chen LY, Cheng B, Chittenden J, Choate C, Chou J, Chrien RE, Chrisp M, Christensen K, Christensen M, Christiansen NS, Christopherson AR, Chung M, Church JA, Clark A, Clark DS, Clark K, Clark R, Claus L, Cline B, Cline JA, Cobble JA, Cochrane K, Cohen B, Cohen S, Collette MR, Collins GW, Collins LA, Collins TJB, Conder A, Conrad B, Conyers M, Cook AW, Cook D, Cook R, Cooley JC, Cooper G, Cope T, Copeland SR, Coppari F, Cortez J, Cox J, Crandall DH, Crane J, Craxton RS, Cray M, Crilly A, Crippen JW, Cross D, Cuneo M, Cuotts G, Czajka CE, Czechowicz D, Daly T, Danforth P, Danly C, Darbee R, Darlington B, Datte P, Dauffy L, Davalos G, Davidovits S, Davis P, Davis J, Dawson S, Day RD, Day TH, Dayton M, Deck C, Decker C, Deeney C, DeFriend KA, Deis G, Delamater ND, Delettrez JA, Demaret R, Demos S, Dempsey SM, Desjardin R, Desjardins T, Desjarlais MP, Dewald EL, DeYoreo J, Diaz S, Dimonte G, Dittrich TR, Divol L, Dixit SN, Dixon J, Do A, Dodd ES, Dolan D, Donovan A, Donovan M, Döppner T, Dorrer C, Dorsano N, Douglas MR, Dow D, Downie J, Downing E, Dozieres M, Draggoo V, Drake D, Drake RP, Drake T, Dreifuerst G, Drury O, DuBois DF, DuBois PF, Dunham G, Durocher M, Dylla-Spears R, Dymoke-Bradshaw AKL, Dzenitis B, Ebbers C, Eckart M, Eddinger S, Eder D, Edgell D, Edwards MJ, Efthimion P, Eggert JH, Ehrlich B, Ehrmann P, Elhadj S, Ellerbee C, Elliott NS, Ellison CL, Elsner F, Emerich M, Engelhorn K, England T, English E, Epperson P, Epstein R, Erbert G, Erickson MA, Erskine DJ, Erlandson A, Espinosa RJ, Estes C, Estabrook KG, Evans S, Fabyan A, Fair J, Fallejo R, Farmer N, Farmer WA, Farrell M, Fatherley VE, Fedorov M, Feigenbaum E, Fehrenbach T, Feit M, Felker B, Ferguson W, Fernandez JC, Fernandez-Panella A, Fess S, Field JE, Filip CV, Fincke JR, Finn T, Finnegan SM, Finucane RG, Fischer M, Fisher A, Fisher J, Fishler B, Fittinghoff D, Fitzsimmons P, Flegel M, Flippo KA, Florio J, Folta J, Folta P, Foreman LR, Forrest C, Forsman A, Fooks J, Foord M, Fortner R, Fournier K, Fratanduono DE, Frazier N, Frazier T, Frederick C, Freeman MS, Frenje J, Frey D, Frieders G, Friedrich S, Froula DH, Fry J, Fuller T, Gaffney J, Gales S, Le Galloudec B, Le Galloudec KK, Gambhir A, Gao L, Garbett WJ, Garcia A, Gates C, Gaut E, Gauthier P, Gavin Z, Gaylord J, Geddes CGR, Geissel M, Génin F, Georgeson J, Geppert-Kleinrath H, Geppert-Kleinrath V, Gharibyan N, Gibson J, Gibson C, Giraldez E, Glebov V, Glendinning SG, Glenn S, Glenzer SH, Goade S, Gobby PL, Goldman SR, Golick B, Gomez M, Goncharov V, Goodin D, Grabowski P, Grafil E, Graham P, Grandy J, Grasz E, Graziani FR, Greenman G, Greenough JA, Greenwood A, Gregori G, Green T, Griego JR, Grim GP, Grondalski J, Gross S, Guckian J, Guler N, Gunney B, Guss G, Haan S, Hackbarth J, Hackel L, Hackel R, Haefner C, Hagmann C, Hahn KD, Hahn S, Haid BJ, Haines BM, Hall BM, Hall C, Hall GN, Hamamoto M, Hamel S, Hamilton CE, Hammel BA, Hammer JH, Hampton G, Hamza A, Handler A, Hansen S, Hanson D, Haque R, Harding D, Harding E, Hares JD, Harris DB, Harte JA, Hartouni EP, Hatarik R, Hatchett S, Hauer AA, Havre M, Hawley R, Hayes J, Hayes J, Hayes S, Hayes-Sterbenz A, Haynam CA, Haynes DA, Headley D, Heal A, Heebner JE, Heerey S, Heestand GM, Heeter R, Hein N, Heinbockel C, Hendricks C, Henesian M, Heninger J, Henrikson J, Henry EA, Herbold EB, Hermann MR, Hermes G, Hernandez JE, Hernandez VJ, Herrmann MC, Herrmann HW, Herrera OD, Hewett D, Hibbard R, Hicks DG, Higginson DP, Hill D, Hill K, Hilsabeck T, Hinkel DE, Ho DD, Ho VK, Hoffer JK, Hoffman NM, Hohenberger M, Hohensee M, Hoke W, Holdener D, Holdener F, Holder JP, Holko B, Holunga D, Holzrichter JF, Honig J, Hoover D, Hopkins D, Berzak Hopkins LF, Hoppe M, Hoppe ML, Horner J, Hornung R, Horsfield CJ, Horvath J, Hotaling D, House R, Howell L, Hsing WW, Hu SX, Huang H, Huckins J, Hui H, Humbird KD, Hund J, Hunt J, Hurricane OA, Hutton M, Huynh KH, Inandan L, Iglesias C, Igumenshchev IV, Ivanovich I, Izumi N, Jackson M, Jackson J, Jacobs SD, James G, Jancaitis K, Jarboe J, Jarrott LC, Jasion D, Jaquez J, Jeet J, Jenei AE, Jensen J, Jimenez J, Jimenez R, Jobe D, Johal Z, Johns HM, Johnson D, Johnson MA, Gatu Johnson M, Johnson RJ, Johnson S, Johnson SA, Johnson T, Jones K, Jones O, Jones M, Jorge R, Jorgenson HJ, Julian M, Jun BI, Jungquist R, Kaae J, Kabadi N, Kaczala D, Kalantar D, Kangas K, Karasiev VV, Karasik M, Karpenko V, Kasarky A, Kasper K, Kauffman R, Kaufman MI, Keane C, Keaty L, Kegelmeyer L, Keiter PA, Kellett PA, Kellogg J, Kelly JH, Kemic S, Kemp AJ, Kemp GE, Kerbel GD, Kershaw D, Kerr SM, Kessler TJ, Key MH, Khan SF, Khater H, Kiikka C, Kilkenny J, Kim Y, Kim YJ, Kimko J, Kimmel M, Kindel JM, King J, Kirkwood RK, Klaus L, Klem D, Kline JL, Klingmann J, Kluth G, Knapp P, Knauer J, Knipping J, Knudson M, Kobs D, Koch J, Kohut T, Kong C, Koning JM, Koning P, Konior S, Kornblum H, Kot LB, Kozioziemski B, Kozlowski M, Kozlowski PM, Krammen J, Krasheninnikova NS, Krauland CM, Kraus B, Krauser W, Kress JD, Kritcher AL, Krieger E, Kroll JJ, Kruer WL, Kruse MKG, Kucheyev S, Kumbera M, Kumpan S, Kunimune J, Kur E, Kustowski B, Kwan TJT, Kyrala GA, Laffite S, Lafon M, LaFortune K, Lagin L, Lahmann B, Lairson B, Landen OL, Land T, Lane M, Laney D, Langdon AB, Langenbrunner J, Langer SH, Langro A, Lanier NE, Lanier TE, Larson D, Lasinski BF, Lassle D, LaTray D, Lau G, Lau N, Laumann C, Laurence A, Laurence TA, Lawson J, Le HP, Leach RR, Leal L, Leatherland A, LeChien K, Lechleiter B, Lee A, Lee M, Lee T, Leeper RJ, Lefebvre E, Leidinger JP, LeMire B, Lemke RW, Lemos NC, Le Pape S, Lerche R, Lerner S, Letts S, Levedahl K, Lewis T, Li CK, Li H, Li J, Liao W, Liao ZM, Liedahl D, Liebman J, Lindford G, Lindman EL, Lindl JD, Loey H, London RA, Long F, Loomis EN, Lopez FE, Lopez H, Losbanos E, Loucks S, Lowe-Webb R, Lundgren E, Ludwigsen AP, Luo R, Lusk J, Lyons R, Ma T, Macallop Y, MacDonald MJ, MacGowan BJ, Mack JM, Mackinnon AJ, MacLaren SA, MacPhee AG, Magelssen GR, Magoon J, Malone RM, Malsbury T, Managan R, Mancini R, Manes K, Maney D, Manha D, Mannion OM, Manuel AM, Manuel MJ, Mapoles E, Mara G, Marcotte T, Marin E, Marinak MM, Mariscal DA, Mariscal EF, Marley EV, Marozas JA, Marquez R, Marshall CD, Marshall FJ, Marshall M, Marshall S, Marticorena J, Martinez JI, Martinez D, Maslennikov I, Mason D, Mason RJ, Masse L, Massey W, Masson-Laborde PE, Masters ND, Mathisen D, Mathison E, Matone J, Matthews MJ, Mattoon C, Mattsson TR, Matzen K, Mauche CW, Mauldin M, McAbee T, McBurney M, Mccarville T, McCrory RL, McEvoy AM, McGuffey C, Mcinnis M, McKenty P, McKinley MS, McLeod JB, McPherson A, Mcquillan B, Meamber M, Meaney KD, Meezan NB, Meissner R, Mehlhorn TA, Mehta NC, Menapace J, Merrill FE, Merritt BT, Merritt EC, Meyerhofer DD, Mezyk S, Mich RJ, Michel PA, Milam D, Miller C, Miller D, Miller DS, Miller E, Miller EK, Miller J, Miller M, Miller PE, Miller T, Miller W, Miller-Kamm V, Millot M, Milovich JL, Minner P, Miquel JL, Mitchell S, Molvig K, Montesanti RC, Montgomery DS, Monticelli M, Montoya A, Moody JD, Moore AS, Moore E, Moran M, Moreno JC, Moreno K, Morgan BE, Morrow T, Morton JW, Moses E, Moy K, Muir R, Murillo MS, Murray JE, Murray JR, Munro DH, Murphy TJ, Munteanu FM, Nafziger J, Nagayama T, Nagel SR, Nast R, Negres RA, Nelson A, Nelson D, Nelson J, Nelson S, Nemethy S, Neumayer P, Newman K, Newton M, Nguyen H, Di Nicola JG, Di Nicola P, Niemann C, Nikroo A, Nilson PM, Nobile A, Noorai V, Nora RC, Norton M, Nostrand M, Note V, Novell S, Nowak PF, Nunez A, Nyholm RA, O'Brien M, Oceguera A, Oertel JA, Oesterle AL, Okui J, Olejniczak B, Oliveira J, Olsen P, Olson B, Olson K, Olson RE, Opachich YP, Orsi N, Orth CD, Owen M, Padalino S, Padilla E, Paguio R, Paguio S, Paisner J, Pajoom S, Pak A, Palaniyappan S, Palma K, Pannell T, Papp F, Paras D, Parham T, Park HS, Pasternak A, Patankar S, Patel MV, Patel PK, Patterson R, Patterson S, Paul B, Paul M, Pauli E, Pearce OT, Pearcy J, Pedretti A, Pedrotti B, Peer A, Pelz LJ, Penetrante B, Penner J, Perez A, Perkins LJ, Pernice E, Perry TS, Person S, Petersen D, Petersen T, Peterson DL, Peterson EB, Peterson JE, Peterson JL, Peterson K, Peterson RR, Petrasso RD, Philippe F, Phillion D, Phipps TJ, Piceno E, Pickworth L, Ping Y, Pino J, Piston K, Plummer R, Pollack GD, Pollaine SM, Pollock BB, Ponce D, Ponce J, Pontelandolfo J, Porter JL, Post J, Poujade O, Powell C, Powell H, Power G, Pozulp M, Prantil M, Prasad M, Pratuch S, Price S, Primdahl K, Prisbrey S, Procassini R, Pruyne A, Pudliner B, Qiu SR, Quan K, Quinn M, Quintenz J, Radha PB, Rainer F, Ralph JE, Raman KS, Raman R, Rambo PW, Rana S, Randewich A, Rardin D, Ratledge M, Ravelo N, Ravizza F, Rayce M, Raymond A, Raymond B, Reed B, Reed C, Regan S, Reichelt B, Reis V, Reisdorf S, Rekow V, Remington BA, Rendon A, 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Wilcox R, Wilcox S, Wild C, Wilde BH, Wilde CH, Wilhelmsen K, Wilke MD, Wilkens H, Wilkins P, Wilks SC, Williams EA, Williams GJ, Williams W, Williams WH, Wilson DC, Wilson B, Wilson E, Wilson R, Winters S, Wisoff PJ, Wittman M, Wolfe J, Wong A, Wong KW, Wong L, Wong N, Wood R, Woodhouse D, Woodruff J, Woods DT, Woods S, Woodworth BN, Wooten E, Wootton A, Work K, Workman JB, Wright J, Wu M, Wuest C, Wysocki FJ, Xu H, Yamaguchi M, Yang B, Yang ST, Yatabe J, Yeamans CB, Yee BC, Yi SA, Yin L, Young B, Young CS, Young CV, Young P, Youngblood K, Yu J, Zacharias R, Zagaris G, Zaitseva N, Zaka F, Ze F, Zeiger B, Zika M, Zimmerman GB, Zobrist T, Zuegel JD, and Zylstra AB

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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 exceeding "scientific breakeven" (or G_{target}>1) where 2.05 MJ of 351 nm laser light produced 3.1 MJ of total fusion yield, a result which significantly exceeds the Lawson criterion for fusion ignition as reported in a previous NIF implosion [H. Abu-Shawareb et al. (Indirect Drive ICF Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 075001 (2022)PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.129.075001]. This achievement is the culmination of more than five decades of research and gives proof that laboratory fusion, based on fundamental physics principles, is possible. This Letter reports on the target, laser, design, and experimental advancements that led to this result.

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2024
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5. Observations and properties of the first laboratory fusion experiment to exceed a target gain of unity.

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Pak A, Zylstra AB, Baker KL, Casey DT, Dewald E, Divol L, Hohenberger M, Moore AS, Ralph JE, Schlossberg DJ, Tommasini R, Aybar N, Bachmann B, Bionta RM, Fittinghoff D, Gatu Johnson M, Geppert Kleinrath H, Geppert Kleinrath V, Hahn KD, Rubery MS, Landen OL, Moody JD, Aghaian L, Allen A, Baxamusa SH, Bhandarkar SD, Biener J, Birge NW, Braun T, Briggs TM, Choate C, Clark DS, Crippen JW, Danly C, Döppner T, Durocher M, Erickson M, Fehrenbach T, Freeman M, Havre M, Hayes S, Hilsabeck T, Holder JP, Humbird KD, Hurricane OA, Izumi N, Kerr SM, Khan SF, Kim YH, Kong C, Jeet J, Kozioziemski B, Kritcher AL, Lamb KM, Lemos NC, MacGowan BJ, Mackinnon AJ, MacPhee AG, Marley EV, Meaney K, Millot M, Di Nicola JG, Nikroo A, Nora R, Ratledge M, Ross JS, Shin SJ, Smalyuk VA, Stadermann M, Stoupin S, Suratwala T, Trosseille C, Van Wonterghem B, Weber CR, Wild C, Wilde C, Wooddy PT, Woodworth BN, and Young CV

Abstract

An indirect-drive inertial fusion experiment on the National Ignition Facility was driven using 2.05 MJ of laser light at a wavelength of 351 nm and produced 3.1±0.16 MJ of total fusion yield, producing a target gain G=1.5±0.1 exceeding unity for the first time in a laboratory experiment [Phys. Rev. E 109, 025204 (2024)10.1103/PhysRevE.109.025204]. Herein we describe the experimental evidence for the increased drive on the capsule using additional laser energy and control over known degradation mechanisms, which are critical to achieving high performance. Improved fuel compression relative to previous megajoule-yield experiments is observed. Novel signatures of the ignition and burn propagation to high yield can now be studied in the laboratory for the first time.

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2024
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6. Dynamics and Power Balance of Near Unity Target Gain Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions.

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Pak A, Divol L, Casey DT, Khan SF, Kritcher AL, Ralph JE, Tommasini R, Trosseille C, Zylstra AB, Baker KL, Birge NW, Bionta R, Bachmann B, Dewald EL, Doeppner T, Freeman MS, Fittinghoff DN, Geppert-Kleinrath V, Geppert-Kleinrath H, Hahn KD, Hohenberger M, Holder J, Kerr S, Kim Y, Kozioziemski B, Lamb K, MacGowan BJ, MacPhee AG, Meaney KD, Moore AS, Schlossberg DJ, Stoupin S, Volegov P, Wilde C, Young CV, Landen OL, and Town RPJ

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The change in the power balance, temporal dynamics, emission weighted size, temperature, mass, and areal density of inertially confined fusion plasmas have been quantified for experiments that reach target gains up to 0.72. It is observed that as the target gain rises, increased rates of self-heating initially overcome expansion power losses. This leads to reacting plasmas that reach peak fusion production at later times with increased size, temperature, mass and with lower emission weighted areal densities. Analytic models are consistent with the observations and inferences for how these quantities evolve as the rate of fusion self-heating, fusion yield, and target gain increase. At peak fusion production, it is found that as temperatures and target gains rise, the expansion power loss increases to a near constant ratio of the fusion self-heating power. This is consistent with models that indicate that the expansion losses dominate the dynamics in this regime.

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2023
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7. Gas scintillation mitigation in gas Cherenkov detectors for inertial confinement fusion (invited).

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Geppert-Kleinrath H, Kim Y, Meaney K, Rubery M, Carrera J, and Mariscal E

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Gas Cherenkov detectors provide a time resolved measurement of the fusion burn in inertial confinement fusion experiments. The fusion rate delivers critical benchmark figures, such as burn width and bang time. Recent detector improvements pushed temporal resolution to 10 ps to make burn width measurements on igniting targets possible. First high temporal resolution measurements using CO 2 gas fills had a background signal with a long decay length (tail), which was caused by gas scintillation. This gas scintillation limits the ability of the detector to resolve short burn width and high frequency features in the fusion rate measurements. A thorough investigation of the cause of the tail and mitigation options for gas scintillation is presented here. As a near-term resolution, neon gas is being used to extract fusion burn histories. Paths forward for the next generation of gas Cherenkov detectors are identified including the usage of oxygen as a Cherenkov medium.

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2022
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8. Lawson Criterion for Ignition Exceeded in an Inertial Fusion Experiment.

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Abu-Shawareb H, Acree R, Adams P, Adams J, Addis B, Aden R, Adrian P, Afeyan BB, Aggleton M, Aghaian L, Aguirre A, Aikens D, Akre J, Albert F, Albrecht M, Albright BJ, Albritton J, Alcala J, Alday C, Alessi DA, Alexander N, Alfonso J, Alfonso N, Alger E, Ali SJ, Ali ZA, Alley WE, Amala P, Amendt PA, Amick P, Ammula S, Amorin C, Ampleford DJ, Anderson RW, Anklam T, Antipa N, Appelbe B, Aracne-Ruddle C, Araya E, Arend M, Arnold P, Arnold T, Asay J, Atherton LJ, Atkinson D, Atkinson R, Auerbach JM, Austin B, Auyang L, Awwal AS, Ayers J, Ayers S, Ayers T, Azevedo S, Bachmann B, Back CA, Bae J, Bailey DS, Bailey J, Baisden T, Baker KL, Baldis H, Barber D, Barberis M, Barker D, Barnes A, Barnes CW, Barrios MA, Barty C, Bass I, Batha SH, Baxamusa SH, Bazan G, Beagle JK, Beale R, Beck BR, Beck JB, Bedzyk M, Beeler RG, Beeler RG, Behrendt W, Belk L, Bell P, Belyaev M, Benage JF, Bennett G, Benedetti LR, Benedict LX, Berger R, Bernat T, Bernstein LA, Berry B, Bertolini L, Besenbruch G, Betcher J, Bettenhausen R, Betti R, Bezzerides B, Bhandarkar SD, Bickel R, Biener J, Biesiada T, Bigelow K, Bigelow-Granillo J, Bigman V, Bionta RM, Birge NW, Bitter M, Black AC, Bleile R, Bleuel DL, Bliss E, Bliss E, Blue B, Boehly T, Boehm K, Boley CD, Bonanno R, Bond EJ, Bond T, Bonino MJ, Borden M, Bourgade JL, Bousquet J, Bowers J, Bowers M, Boyd R, Bozek A, Bradley DK, Bradley KS, Bradley PA, Bradley L, Brannon L, Brantley PS, Braun D, Braun T, Brienza-Larsen K, Briggs TM, Britten J, Brooks ED, Browning D, Bruhn MW, Brunner TA, Bruns H, Brunton G, Bryant B, Buczek T, Bude J, Buitano L, Burkhart S, Burmark J, Burnham A, Burr R, Busby LE, Butlin B, Cabeltis R, Cable M, Cabot WH, Cagadas B, Caggiano J, Cahayag R, Caldwell SE, Calkins S, Callahan DA, Calleja-Aguirre J, Camara L, Camp D, Campbell EM, Campbell JH, Carey B, Carey R, Carlisle K, Carlson L, Carman L, Carmichael J, Carpenter A, Carr C, Carrera JA, Casavant D, Casey A, Casey DT, Castillo A, Castillo E, Castor JI, Castro C, Caughey W, Cavitt R, Celeste J, Celliers PM, Cerjan C, Chandler G, Chang B, Chang C, Chang J, Chang L, Chapman R, Chapman T, Chase L, Chen H, Chen H, Chen K, Chen LY, Cheng B, Chittenden J, Choate C, Chou J, Chrien RE, Chrisp M, Christensen K, Christensen M, Christopherson AR, Chung M, Church JA, Clark A, Clark DS, Clark K, Clark R, Claus L, Cline B, Cline JA, Cobble JA, Cochrane K, Cohen B, Cohen S, Collette MR, Collins G, Collins LA, Collins TJB, Conder A, Conrad B, Conyers M, Cook AW, Cook D, Cook R, Cooley JC, Cooper G, Cope T, Copeland SR, Coppari F, Cortez J, Cox J, Crandall DH, Crane J, Craxton RS, Cray M, Crilly A, Crippen JW, Cross D, Cuneo M, Cuotts G, Czajka CE, Czechowicz D, Daly T, Danforth P, Darbee R, Darlington B, Datte P, Dauffy L, Davalos G, Davidovits S, Davis P, Davis J, Dawson S, Day RD, Day TH, Dayton M, Deck C, Decker C, Deeney C, DeFriend KA, Deis G, Delamater ND, Delettrez JA, Demaret R, Demos S, Dempsey SM, Desjardin R, Desjardins T, Desjarlais MP, Dewald EL, DeYoreo J, Diaz S, Dimonte G, Dittrich TR, Divol L, Dixit SN, Dixon J, Dodd ES, Dolan D, Donovan A, Donovan M, Döppner T, Dorrer C, Dorsano N, Douglas MR, Dow D, Downie J, Downing E, Dozieres M, Draggoo V, Drake D, Drake RP, Drake T, Dreifuerst G, DuBois DF, DuBois PF, Dunham G, Dylla-Spears R, Dymoke-Bradshaw AKL, Dzenitis B, Ebbers C, Eckart M, Eddinger S, Eder D, Edgell D, Edwards MJ, Efthimion P, Eggert JH, Ehrlich B, Ehrmann P, Elhadj S, Ellerbee C, Elliott NS, Ellison CL, Elsner F, Emerich M, Engelhorn K, England T, English E, Epperson P, Epstein R, Erbert G, Erickson MA, Erskine DJ, Erlandson A, Espinosa RJ, Estes C, Estabrook KG, Evans S, Fabyan A, Fair J, Fallejo R, Farmer N, Farmer WA, Farrell M, Fatherley VE, Fedorov M, Feigenbaum E, Feit M, Ferguson W, Fernandez JC, Fernandez-Panella A, Fess S, Field JE, Filip CV, Fincke JR, Finn T, Finnegan SM, Finucane RG, Fischer M, Fisher A, Fisher J, Fishler B, Fittinghoff D, Fitzsimmons P, Flegel M, Flippo KA, Florio J, Folta J, Folta P, Foreman LR, Forrest C, Forsman A, Fooks J, Foord M, Fortner R, Fournier K, Fratanduono DE, Frazier N, Frazier T, Frederick C, Freeman MS, Frenje J, Frey D, Frieders G, Friedrich S, Froula DH, Fry J, Fuller T, Gaffney J, Gales S, Le Galloudec B, Le Galloudec KK, Gambhir A, Gao L, Garbett WJ, Garcia A, Gates C, Gaut E, Gauthier P, Gavin Z, Gaylord J, Geissel M, Génin F, Georgeson J, Geppert-Kleinrath H, Geppert-Kleinrath V, Gharibyan N, Gibson J, Gibson C, Giraldez E, Glebov V, Glendinning SG, Glenn S, Glenzer SH, Goade S, Gobby PL, Goldman SR, Golick B, Gomez M, Goncharov V, Goodin D, Grabowski P, Grafil E, Graham P, Grandy J, Grasz E, Graziani F, Greenman G, Greenough JA, Greenwood A, Gregori G, Green T, Griego JR, Grim GP, Grondalski J, Gross S, Guckian J, Guler N, Gunney B, Guss G, Haan S, Hackbarth J, Hackel L, Hackel R, Haefner C, Hagmann C, Hahn KD, Hahn S, Haid BJ, Haines BM, Hall BM, Hall C, Hall GN, Hamamoto M, Hamel S, Hamilton CE, Hammel BA, Hammer JH, Hampton G, Hamza A, 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A, Work K, Workman JB, Wright J, Wu M, Wuest C, Wysocki FJ, Xu H, Yamaguchi M, Yang B, Yang ST, Yatabe J, Yeamans CB, Yee BC, Yi SA, Yin L, Young B, Young CS, Young CV, Young P, Youngblood K, Zacharias R, Zagaris G, Zaitseva N, Zaka F, Ze F, Zeiger B, Zika M, Zimmerman GB, Zobrist T, Zuegel JD, and Zylstra AB

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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 Lawson criterion, an ignited plasma is one where the fusion heating power is high enough to overcome all the physical processes that cool the fusion plasma, creating a positive thermodynamic feedback loop with rapidly increasing temperature. In inertially confined fusion, ignition is a state where the fusion plasma can begin "burn propagation" into surrounding cold fuel, enabling the possibility of high energy gain. While "scientific breakeven" (i.e., unity target gain) has not yet been achieved (here target gain is 0.72, 1.37 MJ of fusion for 1.92 MJ of laser energy), this Letter reports the first controlled fusion experiment, using laser indirect drive, on the National Ignition Facility to produce capsule gain (here 5.8) and reach ignition by nine different formulations of the Lawson criterion.

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2022
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9. Design of multi neutron-to-gamma converter array for measuring time resolved ion temperature of inertial confinement fusion implosions.

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Meaney KD, Kim Y, Hoffman NM, Geppert-Kleinrath H, Jorgenson J, Hochanadel M, Appelbe B, Crilly A, Basu R, Saw EY, Moore A, and Schlossberg D

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The ion temperature varying during inertial confinement fusion implosions changes the amount of Doppler broadening of the fusion products, creating subtle changes in the fusion neutron pulse as it moves away from the implosion. A diagnostic design to try to measure these subtle effects is introduced-leveraging the fast time resolution of gas Cherenkov detectors along with a multi-puck array that converts a small amount of the neutron pulse into gamma-rays, one can measure multiple snapshots of the neutron pulse at intermediate distances. Precise measurements of the propagating neutron pulse, specifically the variation in the peak location and the skew, could be used to infer time-evolved ion temperature evolved during peak compression.

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2022
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10. Experimental achievement and signatures of ignition at the National Ignition Facility.

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Zylstra AB, Kritcher AL, Hurricane OA, Callahan DA, Ralph JE, Casey DT, Pak A, Landen OL, Bachmann B, Baker KL, Berzak Hopkins L, Bhandarkar SD, Biener J, Bionta RM, Birge NW, Braun T, Briggs TM, Celliers PM, Chen H, Choate C, Clark DS, Divol L, Döppner T, Fittinghoff D, Edwards MJ, Gatu Johnson M, Gharibyan N, Haan S, Hahn KD, Hartouni E, Hinkel DE, Ho DD, Hohenberger M, Holder JP, Huang H, Izumi N, Jeet J, Jones O, Kerr SM, Khan SF, Geppert Kleinrath H, Geppert Kleinrath V, Kong C, Lamb KM, Le Pape S, Lemos NC, Lindl JD, MacGowan BJ, Mackinnon AJ, MacPhee AG, Marley EV, Meaney K, Millot M, Moore AS, Newman K, Di Nicola JG, Nikroo A, Nora R, Patel PK, Rice NG, Rubery MS, Sater J, Schlossberg DJ, Sepke SM, Sequoia K, Shin SJ, Stadermann M, Stoupin S, Strozzi DJ, Thomas CA, Tommasini R, Trosseille C, Tubman ER, Volegov PL, Weber CR, Wild C, Woods DT, Yang ST, and Young CV

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An inertial fusion implosion on the National Ignition Facility, conducted on August 8, 2021 (N210808), recently produced more than a megajoule of fusion yield and passed Lawson's criterion for ignition [Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 075001 (2022)10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.075001]. We describe the experimental improvements that enabled N210808 and present the first experimental measurements from an igniting plasma in the laboratory. Ignition metrics like the product of hot-spot energy and pressure squared, in the absence of self-heating, increased by ∼35%, leading to record values and an enhancement from previous experiments in the hot-spot energy (∼3×), pressure (∼2×), and mass (∼2×). These results are consistent with self-heating dominating other power balance terms. The burn rate increases by an order of magnitude after peak compression, and the hot-spot conditions show clear evidence for burn propagation into the dense fuel surrounding the hot spot. These novel dynamics and thermodynamic properties have never been observed on prior inertial fusion experiments.

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2022
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11. Design of an inertial fusion experiment exceeding the Lawson criterion for ignition.

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Kritcher AL, Zylstra AB, Callahan DA, Hurricane OA, Weber CR, Clark DS, Young CV, Ralph JE, Casey DT, Pak A, Landen OL, Bachmann B, Baker KL, Berzak Hopkins L, Bhandarkar SD, Biener J, Bionta RM, Birge NW, Braun T, Briggs TM, Celliers PM, Chen H, Choate C, Divol L, Döppner T, Fittinghoff D, Edwards MJ, Gatu Johnson M, Gharibyan N, Haan S, Hahn KD, Hartouni E, Hinkel DE, Ho DD, Hohenberger M, Holder JP, Huang H, Izumi N, Jeet J, Jones O, Kerr SM, Khan SF, Geppert Kleinrath H, Geppert Kleinrath V, Kong C, Lamb KM, Le Pape S, Lemos NC, Lindl JD, MacGowan BJ, Mackinnon AJ, MacPhee AG, Marley EV, Meaney K, Millot M, Moore AS, Newman K, Di Nicola JG, Nikroo A, Nora R, Patel PK, Rice NG, Rubery MS, Sater J, Schlossberg DJ, Sepke SM, Sequoia K, Shin SJ, Stadermann M, Stoupin S, Strozzi DJ, Thomas CA, Tommasini R, Trosseille C, Tubman ER, Volegov PL, Wild C, Woods DT, and Yang ST

Abstract

We present the design of the first igniting fusion plasma in the laboratory by Lawson's criterion that produced 1.37 MJ of fusion energy, Hybrid-E experiment N210808 (August 8, 2021) [Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 075001 (2022)10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.075001]. This design uses the indirect drive inertial confinement fusion approach to heat and compress a central "hot spot" of deuterium-tritium (DT) fuel using a surrounding dense DT fuel piston. Ignition occurs when the heating from absorption of α particles created in the fusion process overcomes the loss mechanisms in the system for a duration of time. This letter describes key design changes which enabled a ∼3-6× increase in an ignition figure of merit (generalized Lawson criterion) [Phys. Plasmas 28, 022704 (2021)1070-664X10.1063/5.0035583, Phys. Plasmas 25, 122704 (2018)1070-664X10.1063/1.5049595]) and an eightfold increase in fusion energy output compared to predecessor experiments. We present simulations of the hot-spot conditions for experiment N210808 that show fundamentally different behavior compared to predecessor experiments and simulated metrics that are consistent with N210808 reaching for the first time in the laboratory "ignition."

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2022
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12. Publisher Correction: Burning plasma achieved in inertial fusion.

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Zylstra AB, Hurricane OA, Callahan DA, Kritcher AL, Ralph JE, Robey HF, Ross JS, Young CV, Baker KL, Casey DT, Döppner T, Divol L, Hohenberger M, Le Pape S, Pak A, Patel PK, Tommasini R, Ali SJ, Amendt PA, Atherton LJ, Bachmann B, Bailey D, Benedetti LR, Berzak Hopkins L, Betti R, Bhandarkar SD, Biener J, Bionta RM, Birge NW, Bond EJ, Bradley DK, Braun T, Briggs TM, Bruhn MW, Celliers PM, Chang B, Chapman T, Chen H, Choate C, Christopherson AR, Clark DS, Crippen JW, Dewald EL, Dittrich TR, Edwards MJ, Farmer WA, Field JE, Fittinghoff D, Frenje J, Gaffney J, Gatu Johnson M, Glenzer SH, Grim GP, Haan S, Hahn KD, Hall GN, Hammel BA, Harte J, Hartouni E, Heebner JE, Hernandez VJ, Herrmann H, Herrmann MC, Hinkel DE, Ho DD, Holder JP, Hsing WW, Huang H, Humbird KD, Izumi N, Jarrott LC, Jeet J, Jones O, Kerbel GD, Kerr SM, Khan SF, Kilkenny J, Kim Y, Geppert Kleinrath H, Geppert Kleinrath V, Kong C, Koning JM, Kroll JJ, Kruse MKG, Kustowski B, Landen OL, Langer S, Larson D, Lemos NC, Lindl JD, Ma T, MacDonald MJ, MacGowan BJ, Mackinnon AJ, MacLaren SA, MacPhee AG, Marinak MM, Mariscal DA, Marley EV, Masse L, Meaney K, Meezan NB, Michel PA, Millot M, Milovich JL, Moody JD, Moore AS, Morton JW, Murphy T, Newman K, Di Nicola JG, Nikroo A, Nora R, Patel MV, Pelz LJ, Peterson JL, Ping Y, Pollock BB, Ratledge M, Rice NG, Rinderknecht H, Rosen M, Rubery MS, Salmonson JD, Sater J, Schiaffino S, Schlossberg DJ, Schneider MB, Schroeder CR, Scott HA, Sepke SM, Sequoia K, Sherlock MW, Shin S, Smalyuk VA, Spears BK, Springer PT, Stadermann M, Stoupin S, Strozzi DJ, Suter LJ, Thomas CA, Town RPJ, Tubman ER, Trosseille C, Volegov PL, Weber CR, Widmann K, Wild C, Wilde CH, Van Wonterghem BM, Woods DT, Woodworth BN, Yamaguchi M, Yang ST, and Zimmerman GB

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2022
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13. Burning plasma achieved in inertial fusion.

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Zylstra AB, Hurricane OA, Callahan DA, Kritcher AL, Ralph JE, Robey HF, Ross JS, Young CV, Baker KL, Casey DT, Döppner T, Divol L, Hohenberger M, Le Pape S, Pak A, Patel PK, Tommasini R, Ali SJ, Amendt PA, Atherton LJ, Bachmann B, Bailey D, Benedetti LR, Berzak Hopkins L, Betti R, Bhandarkar SD, Biener J, Bionta RM, Birge NW, Bond EJ, Bradley DK, Braun T, Briggs TM, Bruhn MW, Celliers PM, Chang B, Chapman T, Chen H, Choate C, Christopherson AR, Clark DS, Crippen JW, Dewald EL, Dittrich TR, Edwards MJ, Farmer WA, Field JE, Fittinghoff D, Frenje J, Gaffney J, Gatu Johnson M, Glenzer SH, Grim GP, Haan S, Hahn KD, Hall GN, Hammel BA, Harte J, Hartouni E, Heebner JE, Hernandez VJ, Herrmann H, Herrmann MC, Hinkel DE, Ho DD, Holder JP, Hsing WW, Huang H, Humbird KD, Izumi N, Jarrott LC, Jeet J, Jones O, Kerbel GD, Kerr SM, Khan SF, Kilkenny J, Kim Y, Geppert Kleinrath H, Geppert Kleinrath V, Kong C, Koning JM, Kroll JJ, Kruse MKG, Kustowski B, Landen OL, Langer S, Larson D, Lemos NC, Lindl JD, Ma T, MacDonald MJ, MacGowan BJ, Mackinnon AJ, MacLaren SA, MacPhee AG, Marinak MM, Mariscal DA, Marley EV, Masse L, Meaney K, Meezan NB, Michel PA, Millot M, Milovich JL, Moody JD, Moore AS, Morton JW, Murphy T, Newman K, Di Nicola JG, Nikroo A, Nora R, Patel MV, Pelz LJ, Peterson JL, Ping Y, Pollock BB, Ratledge M, Rice NG, Rinderknecht H, Rosen M, Rubery MS, Salmonson JD, Sater J, Schiaffino S, Schlossberg DJ, Schneider MB, Schroeder CR, Scott HA, Sepke SM, Sequoia K, Sherlock MW, Shin S, Smalyuk VA, Spears BK, Springer PT, Stadermann M, Stoupin S, Strozzi DJ, Suter LJ, Thomas CA, Town RPJ, Tubman ER, Trosseille C, Volegov PL, Weber CR, Widmann K, Wild C, Wilde CH, Van Wonterghem BM, Woods DT, Woodworth BN, Yamaguchi M, Yang ST, and Zimmerman GB

Abstract

Obtaining a burning plasma is a critical step towards self-sustaining fusion energy 1 . A burning plasma is one in which the fusion reactions themselves are the primary source of heating in the plasma, which is necessary to sustain and propagate the burn, enabling high energy gain. After decades of fusion research, here we achieve a burning-plasma state in the laboratory. These experiments were conducted at the US National Ignition Facility, a laser facility delivering up to 1.9 megajoules of energy in pulses with peak powers up to 500 terawatts. We use the lasers to generate X-rays in a radiation cavity to indirectly drive a fuel-containing capsule via the X-ray ablation pressure, which results in the implosion process compressing and heating the fuel via mechanical work. The burning-plasma state was created using a strategy to increase the spatial scale of the capsule 2,3 through two different implosion concepts 4-7 . These experiments show fusion self-heating in excess of the mechanical work injected into the implosions, satisfying several burning-plasma metrics 3,8 . Additionally, we describe a subset of experiments that appear to have crossed the static self-heating boundary, where fusion heating surpasses the energy losses from radiation and conduction. These results provide an opportunity to study α-particle-dominated plasmas and burning-plasma physics in the laboratory., (© 2022. The Author(s).)

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2022
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14. Solid Cherenkov detector for studying nucleosynthesis in inertial confinement fusion.

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Springstead MP, Zylstra AB, Kim Y, Meaney KD, Geppert-Kleinrath H, Leatherland A, Wilson L, Herrmann HW, Young CS, Polk P, and Hamilton C

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Measuring gamma rays emitted from nuclear reactions gives insight into their nuclear structure. Notably, there are several nuclear reactions that produce gamma rays at ∼1 MeV-3 MeV energies such as T( 4 He, γ) 7 Li, 4 He( 3 He, γ) 7 Be, and 12 C(p, γ) 13 N, which may solve questions lingering about big-bang nucleosynthesis and stellar nucleosynthesis. To observe 1 MeV-3 MeV gamma rays in an inertial confinement fusion system, a new style of the Cherenkov detector was developed using aerogel and fused silica as a Cherenkov medium. Utilizing the OMEGA laser facility, both aerogel and fused silica media were compared with the existing gas-medium Cherenkov detector to validate the concept. Gamma ray measurements from high yield inertial confinement fusion implosions (deuterium-tritium and deuterium- 3 He) demonstrated that aerogel and fused silica were viable Cherenkov media, paving the way for a potential optimized detector to make these cross section measurements on OMEGA or the National Ignition Facility.

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2020
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15. Diagnostic signature of the compressibility of the inertial-confinement-fusion pusher.

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Meaney KD, Kim YH, Geppert-Kleinrath H, Herrmann HW, Hopkins LB, and Hoffman NM

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Carbon shell areal density measurements from many types of inertial confinement fusion implosions at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) demonstrate that the final state of the outside portion of the shell is set primarily by capsule coast time, the coasting period between main laser shut off and peak fusion output. However, the fuel areal density does not correlate with the increasing carbon compression. While two-dimensional (2D) radiation-hydrodynamic simulations successfully capture the carbon compression, energy must be added to the simulated fuel-ice layer to reproduce fuel areal density measurements. The data presented demonstrates that the degradation mechanisms that reduce the compressibility of the fuel do not reduce the compressibility of the ablator.

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2020
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16. Improved inertial confinement fusion gamma reaction history 12 C gamma-ray signal by direct subtraction.

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Meaney KD, Kim YH, Herrmann HW, Geppert-Kleinrath H, and Hoffman NM

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The Gamma Reaction History (GRH) diagnostic located at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) measures time resolved gamma rays released from inertial confinement fusion experiments by converting the emitted gamma rays into Cherenkov light. Imploded capsules have a bright 4.4 MeV gamma ray from fusion neutrons inelastically scattering with carbon atoms in the remaining ablator. The strength of the 4.4 MeV gamma ray line is proportional to the capsule's carbon ablator areal density and can be used to understand the dynamics and energy budget of a carbon-based ablator capsule implosion. Historically, the GRH's four gas cells use the energy thresholding from the Cherenkov process to forward fit an estimation of the experiment's complete gamma ray spectrum by modeling the surrounding environment in order to estimate the 4.4 MeV neutron induced carbon gamma ray signal. However, the high number of variables, local minima, and uncertainties in detector sensitivities and relative timing had prevented the routine use of the forward fit to generate carbon areal density measurements. A new, more straightforward process of direct subtraction of deconvolved signals was developed to simplify the extraction of the carbon areal density. Beryllium capsules are used as a calibration to measure the capsule environment with no carbon signal. The proposed method is then used to appropriately subtract and isolate the carbon signal on shots with carbon ablators. The subtraction algorithm achieves good results across all major capsule campaigns, achieving similar results to the forward fit. This method is now routinely used to measure carbon areal density for NIF shots.

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2019
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17. Pulse dilation gas Cherenkov detector for ultra-fast gamma reaction history at the NIF (invited).

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Geppert-Kleinrath H, Herrmann HW, Kim YH, Zylstra AB, Meaney K, Lopez FE, Pederson BJ, Carrera J, Khater H, Horsfield CJ, Rubery MS, Gales S, Leatherland A, Meadowcroft A, Hilsabeck T, Kilkenny JD, Malone RM, Hares JD, Dymoke-Bradshaw AKL, Milnes J, and McFee C

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The Cherenkov mechanism used in Gas Cherenkov Detectors (GCDs) is exceptionally fast. However, the temporal resolution of GCDs, such as the Gamma Reaction History diagnostic at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), has been limited by the current state-of-the-art photomultiplier tube technology to ∼100 ps. The soon-to-be deployed Pulse Dilation Photomultiplier Tube (PD-PMT) at NIF will allow for temporal resolution comparable to that of the gas cell or ∼10 ps. Enhanced resolution will contribute to the quest for ignition in a crucial way through precision measurements of reaction history and ablator areal density (ρR) history, leading to better constrained models. Features such as onset of alpha heating, shock reverberations, and burn truncation due to dynamically evolving failure modes may become visible for the first time. Test measurements of the PD-PMT at Atomic Weapons Establishment confirmed that design goals have been met. The PD-PMT provides dilation factors of 2 to 40× in 6 increments. The GCD-3 recently deployed at the NIF has been modified for coupling to a PD-PMT and will soon be making ultrafast measurements.

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2018
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18. Progress on next generation gamma-ray Cherenkov detectors for the National Ignition Facility.

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Herrmann HW, Kim YH, Zylstra AB, Geppert-Kleinrath H, Meaney KD, Young CS, Lopez FE, Fatherley VE, Pederson BJ, Oertel JA, Hernandez JE, Carrera J, Khater H, Rubery MS, Horsfield CJ, Gales S, Leatherland A, Hilsabeck T, Kilkenny JD, Malone RM, and Batha SH

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Fusion reaction history and ablator areal density measurements for Inertial Confinement Fusion experiments at the National Ignition Facility are currently conducted using the Gamma Reaction History diagnostic (GRH_6m). Future Gas Cherenkov Detectors (GCDs) will ultimately provide ∼100x more sensitivity, reduce the effective temporal response from ∼100 to ∼10 ps, and lower the energy threshold from 2.9 to 1.8 MeV, relative to GRH_6m. The first phase toward next generation GCDs consisted of inserting the existing coaxial GCD-3 detector into a reentrant well which puts it within 4 m of the implosion. Reaction history and ablator gamma measurement results from this Phase I are discussed here. These results demonstrate viability for the follow-on Phases of (II) the use of a revolutionary new pulse-dilation photomultiplier tube to improve the effective measurement bandwidth by >10x relative to current PMT technology; and (III) the design of a NIF-specific "Super" GCD which will be informed by the assessment of the radiation background environment within the well described here.

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2018
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19. Cherenkov detector analysis for implosions with multiple nuclear reactions.

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Zylstra AB, Herrmann HW, Kim YH, Meaney K, Geppert-Kleinrath H, Schmitt MJ, Hoffman NM, Leatherland A, and Gales S

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Nuclear reactions that produce γ rays occur in inertial fusion implosions and are commonly measured with Cherenkov detectors. Typically a detector is primarily sensitive to a single reaction, but in some implosions, multiple fusion reactions can occur and are combined in the data. We discuss an analysis technique using multiple thresholded detectors to reproduce the individual burn histories from reactions like DT and HT fusion, which is applicable to separated-reactant mix experiments. Requirements for this technique and resulting analysis uncertainties are quantified using synthetic data.

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2018
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