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 …

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 …

This paper reviews scientific results from the pursuit of indirect drive ignition on the National
Ignition Facility (NIF) and describes the program's forward looking research directions. In …

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 …

We report on the most recent and successful effort at controlling the trajectory and symmetry
of a high density carbon implosion at the National Ignition Facility. We use a low gasfill (0.3 …

Recent experiments on the National Ignition Facility [MJ Edwards et al., Phys. Plasmas 20,
070501 (2013)] demonstrate that utilizing a near-vacuum hohlraum (low pressure gas-filled) …

High Density Carbon (HDC) is a leading candidate as an ablator material for Inertial
Confinement Fusion (ICF) capsules in x-ray (indirect) drive implosions. HDC has a higher …

Neutron time-of-flight diagnostics have long been used to characterize the neutron spectrum
produced by inertial confinement fusion experiments. The primary diagnostic goals are to …

Recent experiments at the National Ignition Facility [MJ Edwards et al., Phys. Plasmas 20,
070501 (2013)] have explored driving high-density carbon ablators with near-vacuum …

Neutrons generated in Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) experiments provide valuable
information to interpret the conditions reached in the plasma. The neutron time-of-flight …