Astrophysics has traditionally been pursued at astronomical observatories and on theorists'
computers. Observations record images from space, and theoretical models are developed …

Krypton-fluoride (KrF) lasers are of interest to laser fusion because they have both the large
bandwidth capability (THz) desired for rapid beam smoothing and the short laser …

A new direct-drive scheme is proposed, which substantially reduces initial laser-
nonuniformity imprinting by surrounding conventional targets with a low-density foam jacket …

The transport of an intense electron-beam produced by the Vulcan petawatt laser through
dense plasmas has been studied by imaging with high resolution the optical emission due to …

Experimental observations are presented demonstrating that the use of a gold-coated foam
layer on the surface of a laser-driven target substantially reduces its hydrodynamic breakup …

Predicting and matching radiation wave propagation with computational models has proven
difficult. Information provided by experiments studying radiation flow has been limited when …

Supersonic and diffusive radiation flow is an important test problem for the radiative transfer
models used in radiation-hydrodynamics computer codes owing to solutions being …

Ionization fronts have been observed in low density chlorinated foam targets and low density
foams confined in gold tubes using time resolved K-shell absorption spectroscopy. The front …

The goal of the Xflows experimental campaign is to study the radiation flow on the National
Ignition Facility (NIF) reproducing the sensitivity of the temperature (±8 eV,±23 μm) and …

A well diagnosed campaign of supersonic, diffusive radiation flow experiments has been
fielded on the National Ignition Facility. These experiments have used the accurate …