The National Diagnostic Working Group (NDWG) has led the effort to fully exploit the major
inertial confinement fusion/high-energy density facilities in the US with the best available …

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 …

Mode 1 radiation drive asymmetry (pole-to-pole imbalance) at significant levels can have a
large impact on inertial confinement fusion implosions at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) …

Neutron yields are measured at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) by an extensive suite of
neutron activation diagnostics. Neutrons interact with materials whose reaction cross …

The National Ignition Campaign (NIC) uses non-igniting “tritium hydrogen deuterium (THD)”
capsules to study and optimize the hydrodynamic assembly of the fuel without burn. These …

The response of CR-39 nuclear track detector (TasTrak®) to protons in the energy range of
0.92–9.28 MeV has been studied. Previous studies of the CR-39 response to protons have …

The neutron spectrum produced by deuterium-tritium (DT) inertial confinement fusion
implosions contains a wealth of information about implosion performance including the DT …

Measurements of the D (d, p) T (dd) and T (t, 2 n) He 4 (tt) reaction yields have been
compared with those of the D (t, n) He 4 (dt) reaction yield, using deuterium-tritium gas-filled …

The field of nuclear diagnostics for Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) is broadly reviewed
from its beginning in the seventies to present day. During this time, the sophistication of the …

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 …