Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) has existed as a field of study since the 1970s, but the field
was born out of the Cold War. In the decades since the 1960s, pioneering research …

In diverse areas of science and technology, including inertial confinement fusion (ICF),
astrophysics, geophysics, and engineering processes, turbulent mixing induced by …

High-yield implosions on the National Ignition Facility rely on maintaining low entropy in the
deuterium–tritium fuel, quantified by its adiabat, in order to efficiently couple energy to the …

Double shell capsule implosions are an alternative approach to achieving alpha heating on
the National Ignition Facility. Current machining techniques construct the outer shell as two …

Volume ignition is a method of igniting a fuel as a whole by simultaneously achieving
ignition conditions throughout the fuel zone. The basic criterion for ignition is that the …

Laser plasma instabilities (LPI) reduce driver-target coupling, alter implosion symmetry, and
therefore can fundamentally limit fusion performance in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) …

Implosions of Hohlraum-driven double shell targets as an alternative inertial confinement
fusion concept are underway at the National Ignition Facility. The double shell system relies …

Bayesian optimization has shown promise for the design optimization of inertial confinement
fusion targets. Specifically, in Vazirani et al.[Phys. Plasmas 28, 122709 (2021)], optimal …

Advances in machine learning provide the ability to leverage data from expensive
simulations of high-energy-density experiments to significantly cut down on computational …

Double shell capsules provide an attractive option in inertial confinement fusion experiments
due to their potential for achieving a low-convergence, robust burn. However, these designs …