Lawson Criterion for Ignition Exceeded in an Inertial Fusion Experiment

Burning plasma achieved in inertial fusion

(2022) A. B. Zylstra et al.   NATURE

Design of inertial fusion implosions reaching the burning plasma regime

(2022) A. L. Kritcher et al.   Nature Physics

Extensions of a classical mechanics “piston-model” for understanding the impact of asymmetry on ICF implosions: The cases of mode 2, mode 2/1 coupling, time-dependent asymmetry, and the relationship to coast-time

(2022) O. A. Hurricane et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

The Magnetized Indirect Drive Project on the National Ignition Facility

(2022) J. D. Moody et al.   JOURNAL OF FUSION ENERGY

Exploring implosion designs for increased compression on the National Ignition Facility using high density carbon ablators

(2022) D. S. Clark et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Record Energetics for an Inertial Fusion Implosion at NIF

(2021) A. B. Zylstra et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Evidence of Three-Dimensional Asymmetries Seeded by High-Density Carbon-Ablator Nonuniformity in Experiments at the National Ignition Facility

(2021) D. T. Casey et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Low mode implosion symmetry sensitivity in low gas-fill NIF cylindrical hohlraums

(2021) N. Izumi et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

A thermodynamic condition for ignition and burn-propagation in cryogenic layer inertially confined fusion implosions

(2021) O. A. Hurricane et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Fuel convergence sensitivity in indirect drive implosions

(2021) O. L. Landen et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Metrics for implosion performance with enhanced energy coupling on NIF

(2021) Alex Zylstra et al.   NUCLEAR FUSION

Fundamental factors affecting thermonuclear ignition

(2021) B L Cheng et al.   NUCLEAR FUSION

Achieving record hot spot energies with large HDC implosions on NIF in HYBRID-E

(2021) A. L. Kritcher et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Trending low mode asymmetries in NIF capsule drive using a simple viewfactor metric *

(2021) B.J. MacGowan et al.   High Energy Density Physics

A pushered capsule implosion as an alternate approach to the ignition regime for inertial confinement fusion

(2021) S. A. MacLaren et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Model validation for inferred hot-spot conditions in National Ignition Facility experiments

(2021) A. B. Zylstra et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Understanding ICF hohlraums using NIF gated laser-entrance-hole images

(2020) Hui Chen et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Mixing in ICF implosions on the National Ignition Facility caused by the fill-tube

(2020) C. R. Weber et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Beryllium implosions at smaller case-to-capsule ratio on NIF

(2020) A.B. Zylstra et al.   High Energy Density Physics

Impact of Localized Radiative Loss on Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions

(2020) A. Pak et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Achieving 280 Gbar hot spot pressure in DT-layered CH capsule implosions at the National Ignition Facility

(2020) T. Döppner et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Hotspot conditions achieved in inertial confinement fusion experiments on the National Ignition Facility

(2020) P. K. Patel et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Theory of ignition and burn propagation in inertial fusion implosions

(2020) A. R. Christopherson et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

An analytic asymmetric-piston model for the impact of mode-1 shell asymmetry on ICF implosions

(2020) O. A. Hurricane et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

A simple model to scope out parameter space for indirect drive designs on NIF

(2020) D. A. Callahan et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

View factor estimation of hot spot velocities in inertial confinement fusion implosions at the National Ignition Facility

(2020) C. V. Young et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Recent and planned hydrodynamic instability experiments on indirect-drive implosions on the National Ignition Facility

(2020) V.A. Smalyuk et al.   High Energy Density Physics

Hot-spot mix in large-scale HDC implosions at NIF

(2020) A. B. Zylstra et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Measurements of enhanced performance in an indirect drive inertial confinement fusion experiment when reducing the contact area of the capsule support

(2020) J. E. Ralph et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Understanding asymmetries using integrated simulations of capsule implosions in low gas-fill hohlraums at the National Ignition Facility

(2020) J L Milovich et al.   PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION

Three-dimensional modeling and hydrodynamic scaling of National Ignition Facility implosions

(2019) D. S. Clark et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Approaching a burning plasma on the NIF

(2019) O. A. Hurricane et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

On alpha-particle transport in inertial fusion

(2019) A. B. Zylstra et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Ultra-high (>30%) coupling efficiency designs for demonstrating central hot-spot ignition on the National Ignition Facility using a Frustraum

(2019) Peter Amendt et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Making inertial confinement fusion models more predictive

(2019) Jim A. Gaffney et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

The National Ignition Facility: Laser performance status and performance quad results at elevated energy

(2018) Jean Michel Di Nicola et al.   NUCLEAR FUSION

Fusion Energy Output Greater than the Kinetic Energy of an Imploding Shell at the National Ignition Facility

(2018) S. Le Pape et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

The I-Raum: A new shaped hohlraum for improved inner beam propagation in indirectly-driven ICF implosions on the National Ignition Facility

(2018) H. F. Robey et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

A near one-dimensional indirectly driven implosion at convergence ratio 30

(2018) S. A. MacLaren et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

The high velocity, high adiabat, “Bigfoot” campaign and tests of indirect-drive implosion scaling

(2018) D. T. Casey et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Capsule physics comparison of National Ignition Facility implosion designs using plastic, high density carbon, and beryllium ablators

(2018) D. S. Clark et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Exploring the limits of case-to-capsule ratio, pulse length, and picket energy for symmetric hohlraum drive on the National Ignition Facility Laser

(2018) D. A. Callahan et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Mitigation of X-ray shadow seeding of hydrodynamic instabilities on inertial confinement fusion capsules using a reduced diameter fuel fill-tube

(2018) A. G. MacPhee et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

A comprehensive alpha-heating model for inertial confinement fusion

(2018) A. R. Christopherson et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Thermal Temperature Measurements of Inertial Fusion Implosions

(2018) L. C. Jarrott et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

High-Performance Indirect-Drive Cryogenic Implosions at High Adiabat on the National Ignition Facility

(2018) K. L. Baker et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Probing the seeding of hydrodynamic instabilities from nonuniformities in ablator materials using 2D velocimetry

(2018) S. J. Ali et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Increasing stagnation pressure and thermonuclear performance of inertial confinement fusion capsules by the introduction of a high-Z dopant

(2018) L. Berzak Hopkins et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

The influence of hohlraum dynamics on implosion symmetry in indirect drive inertial confinement fusion experiments

(2018) J. E. Ralph et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Toward a burning plasma state using diamond ablator inertially confined fusion (ICF) implosions on the National Ignition Facility (NIF)

(2018) Laura Berzak Hopkins et al.   PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION

A Review of Equation-of-State Models for Inertial Confinement Fusion Materials

(2018) J.A. Gaffney et al.   High Energy Density Physics

A 3D dynamic model to assess the impacts of low-mode asymmetry, aneurysms and mix-induced radiative loss on capsule performance across inertial confinement fusion platforms

(2018) P.T. Springer et al.   NUCLEAR FUSION

Progress toward a self-consistent set of 1D ignition capsule metrics in ICF

(2018) J. D. Lindl et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Beyond alpha-heating: driving inertially confined fusion implosions toward a burning-plasma state on the National Ignition Facility

(2018) O A Hurricane et al.   PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION

The relationship between gas fill density and hohlraum drive performance at the National Ignition Facility

(2017) G. N. Hall et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Hydro-instability growth of perturbation seeds from alternate capsule-support strategies in indirect-drive implosions on National Ignition Facility

(2017) D. A. Martinez et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Progress towards a more predictive model for hohlraum radiation drive and symmetry

(2017) O. S. Jones et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Examining the radiation drive asymmetries present in the high foot series of implosion experiments at the National Ignition Facility

(2017) A. Pak et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Semi-empirical “leaky-bucket” model of laser-driven x-ray cavities

(2017) J. D. Moody et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

On the importance of minimizing “coast-time” in x-ray driven inertially confined fusion implosions

(2017) O. A. Hurricane et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Symmetry control of an indirectly driven high-density-carbon implosion at high convergence and high velocity

(2017) L. Divol et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Improving ICF implosion performance with alternative capsule supports

(2017) C. R. Weber et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

The National Ignition Facility Diagnostic Set at the Completion of the National Ignition Campaign, September 2012

(2016) J. D. Kilkenny et al.   FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Description of the NIF Laser

(2016) M. L. Spaeth et al.   FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Inertially confined fusion plasmas dominated by alpha-particle self-heating

(2016) O. A. Hurricane et al.   Nature Physics

Development of Improved Radiation Drive Environment for High Foot Implosions at the National Ignition Facility

(2016) D. E. Hinkel et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

The near vacuum hohlraum campaign at the NIF: A new approach

(2016) S. Le Pape et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Three-dimensional simulations of low foot and high foot implosion experiments on the National Ignition Facility

(2016) D. S. Clark et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Analysis of the neutron time-of-flight spectra from inertial confinement fusion experiments

(2015) R. Hatarik et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

High-density carbon capsule experiments on the national ignition facility

(2015) J. S. Ross et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Thin Shell, High Velocity Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions on the National Ignition Facility

(2015) T. Ma et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Improved Performance of High Areal Density Indirect Drive Implosions at the National Ignition Facility using a Four-Shock Adiabat Shaped Drive

(2015) D. T. Casey et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Alpha Heating and Burning Plasmas in Inertial Confinement Fusion

(2015) R. Betti et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Demonstration of High Performance in Layered Deuterium-Tritium Capsule Implosions in Uranium Hohlraums at the National Ignition Facility

(2015) T. Döppner et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

In-flight observations of low-mode ρR asymmetries in NIF implosionsa)

(2015) A. B. Zylstra et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Hydrodynamic instability growth of three-dimensional, “native-roughness” modulations in x-ray driven, spherical implosions at the National Ignition Facility

(2015) V. A. Smalyuk et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Higher velocity, high-foot implosions on the National Ignition Facility lasera)

(2015) D. A. Callahan et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Tent-induced perturbations on areal density of implosions at the National Ignition Facilitya)

(2015) R. Tommasini et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Effect of the mounting membrane on shape in inertial confinement fusion implosions

(2015) S. R. Nagel et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Validating hydrodynamic growth in National Ignition Facility implosionsa)

(2015) J. L. Peterson et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Stabilization of high-compression, indirect-drive inertial confinement fusion implosions using a 4-shock adiabat-shaped drive

(2015) A. G. MacPhee et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Fuel gain exceeding unity in an inertially confined fusion implosion

(2014) O. A. Hurricane et al.   NATURE

Multiphase equation of state for carbon addressing high pressures and temperatures

(2014) Lorin X. Benedict et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Observation of a Reflected Shock in an Indirectly Driven Spherical Implosion at the National Ignition Facility

(2014) S. Le Pape et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

2D X-Ray Radiography of Imploding Capsules at the National Ignition Facility

(2014) J. R. Rygg et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

First Measurements of Hydrodynamic Instability Growth in Indirectly Driven Implosions at Ignition-Relevant Conditions on the National Ignition Facility

(2014) V. A. Smalyuk et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Design of a High-Foot High-Adiabat ICF Capsule for the National Ignition Facility

(2014) T. R. Dittrich et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

High-Adiabat High-Foot Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosion Experiments on the National Ignition Facility

(2014) H.-S. Park et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

The effect of shock dynamics on compressibility of ignition-scale National Ignition Facility implosions

(2014) A. B. Zylstra et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

High-density carbon ablator experiments on the National Ignition Facility

(2014) A. J. MacKinnon et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Metrics for long wavelength asymmetries in inertial confinement fusion implosions on the National Ignition Facility

(2014) A. L. Kritcher et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

The high-foot implosion campaign on the National Ignition Facility

(2014) O. A. Hurricane et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Progress in hohlraum physics for the National Ignition Facility

(2014) J. D. Moody et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Erratum: “Review of the National Ignition Campaign 2009-2012” [Phys. Plasmas 21, 020501 (2014)]

(2014) J. D. Lindl et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Dynamic symmetry of indirectly driven inertial confinement fusion capsules on the National Ignition Facility

(2014) R. P. J. Town et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

An in-flight radiography platform to measure hydrodynamic instability growth in inertial confinement fusion capsules at the National Ignition Facility

(2014) K. S. Raman et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Mode 1 drive asymmetry in inertial confinement fusion implosions on the National Ignition Facility

(2014) Brian K. Spears et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Neutron source reconstruction from pinhole imaging at National Ignition Facility

(2014) P. Volegov et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Diagnosing implosion performance at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) by means of neutron spectrometry

(2013) J.A. Frenje et al.   NUCLEAR FUSION

Performance of High-Convergence, Layered DT Implosions with Extended-Duration Pulses at the National Ignition Facility

(2013) V. A. Smalyuk et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Early-Time Symmetry Tuning in the Presence of Cross-Beam Energy Transfer in ICF Experiments on the National Ignition Facility

(2013) E. L. Dewald et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Onset of Hydrodynamic Mix in High-Velocity, Highly Compressed Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions

(2013) T. Ma et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Hot-Spot Mix in Ignition-Scale Inertial Confinement Fusion Targets

(2013) S. P. Regan et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Experimental investigation of bright spots in broadband, gated x-ray images of ignition-scale implosions on the National Ignition Facility

(2013) M. A. Barrios et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Hohlraum energetics scaling to 520 TW on the National Ignition Facility

(2013) J. L. Kline et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Progress towards ignition on the National Ignition Facility

(2013) M. J. Edwards et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Progress toward ignition at the National Ignition Facility

(2013) D E Hinkel et al.   PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION

Precision Shock Tuning on the National Ignition Facility

(2012) H. F. Robey et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Implosion dynamics measurements at the National Ignition Facility

(2012) D. G. Hicks et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

First implosion experiments with cryogenic thermonuclear fuel on the National Ignition Facility

(2012) Siegfried H Glenzer et al.   PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION

Neutron activation diagnostics at the National Ignition Facility (invited)

(2012) D. L. Bleuel et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Neutron spectrometry—An essential tool for diagnosing implosions at the National Ignition Facility (invited)

(2012) M. Gatu Johnson et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Analysis of the National Ignition Facility ignition hohlraum energetics experiments

(2011) R. P. J. Town et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Short-wavelength and three-dimensional instability evolution in National Ignition Facility ignition capsule designs

(2011) D. S. Clark et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Capsule implosion optimization during the indirect-drive National Ignition Campaign

(2011) O. L. Landen et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Point design targets, specifications, and requirements for the 2010 ignition campaign on the National Ignition Facility

(2011) S. W. Haan et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Symmetry tuning for ignition capsules via the symcap technique

(2011) G. A. Kyrala et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

The experimental plan for cryogenic layered target implosions on the National Ignition Facility—The inertial confinement approach to fusion

(2011) M. J. Edwards et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Generalized Measurable Ignition Criterion for Inertial Confinement Fusion

(2010) PY. Chang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Capsule performance optimization in the National Ignition Campaign

(2010) O. L. Landen et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Thermonuclear ignition in inertial confinement fusion and comparison with magnetic confinement

(2010) R. Betti et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Diagnosing inertial confinement fusion gamma ray physics (invited)

(2010) H. W. Herrmann et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

A high-resolution two-dimensional imaging velocimeter

(2010) P. M. Celliers et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

The National Ignition Facility neutron time-of-flight system and its initial performance (invited)

(2010) V. Yu. Glebov et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Diamond spheres for inertial confinement fusion

(2009) J. Biener et al.   NUCLEAR FUSION

Tuning the Implosion Symmetry of ICF Targets via Controlled Crossed-Beam Energy Transfer

(2009) P. Michel et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Publisher’s Note: “A measurable Lawson criterion and hydro-equivalent curves for inertial confinement fusion” [Phys. Plasmas 15, 102707 (2008)]

(2009) C. D. Zhou et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

High-mode Rayleigh-Taylor growth in NIF ignition capsules

(2009) B.A. Hammel et al.   High Energy Density Physics

A measurable Lawson criterion and hydro-equivalent curves for inertial confinement fusion

(2008) C. D. Zhou et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS