Performance degradation in laser-driven inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosions is
caused by several effects, one of which is Rayleigh–Taylor instability growth. Defects in ICF …

Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosions involve highly coupled physics and complex
hydrodynamics that are challenging to model computationally. Due to the sensitivity of such …

The MARBLE project is a novel inertial confinement fusion platform for studying the
development of atomic mixing and temperature equilibration in inertial confinement fusion …

In inertial confinement fusion, deuterium–tritium (DT) fuel is brought to densities and
temperatures where fusion ignition occurs. However, mixing of the ablator material into the …

The Marble experimental platform at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) was developed to
quantify the influence of heterogeneous mix on fusion burn. The platform utilizes a plastic …

A research area emerging in the multiphase flow community is the study of shock-driven
multiphase instability (SDMI), a gas–particle analog of the traditional fluid-fluid Richtmyer …

Indirectly driven shock-tube experiments were performed on the Omega Laser Facility to
evaluate the relative importance of hohlraum x ray and radiative shock preheat sources on a …

In inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosions, mixing the ablator into the fuel and the hot
spot is one of the most adverse factors that lead to ignition degradation. Recent experiments …

Charged particle transport plays a critical role in the evolution of high energy-density
plasmas. As high-fidelity plasma models continue to incorporate new micro-physics …

Throughout computational science, there is a growing need to utilize the continual
improvements in raw computational horsepower to achieve greater physical fidelity through …