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Invited Session ICF: Approaches to High Gain Fusion

INVITED · BI02 · ID: 3574864

Presentations

  • Optimizing Implosions for High Fusion Energy Gain: increased payload mass and reduced residual kinetic energy

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: "First fusion target gain > 2 using lower-velocity, more massive imploding capsules," D. J. Schlossberg, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. in-preparation (2025).<br><br>"Limits of velocity and ρR in igniting inertial confinement fusion implosions on NIF" C.V. Young, et al. Phys. Plasmas in-preparation (2025).

    Presenters

    • David Schlossberg

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

    Authors

    • David Schlossberg

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

    • Andrea L Kritcher

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Christopher V Young

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Kevin L Baker

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Alexandre A Do

      Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Hong Sio

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Vladimir A Smalyuk

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Riccardo Tommasini

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Daniel T Casey

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence LIvermore National Laboratory

    • Daniel S Clark

      LLNL, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Eduard L. Dewald

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Matthias Hohenberger

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Omar A Hurricane

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Shaun M Kerr

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Shahab Khan

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Bernard Kozioziemski

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Otto L Landen

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

    • Rachel M Merlo

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • John D Moody

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Alastair S Moore

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Joseph E Ralph

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Nicholas Wiiliam Ruof

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Matthew Peter Selwood

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Richard P Town

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Clement A Trosseille

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Christopher R Weber

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Brandon Woodworth

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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  • Effects of Tamper Thickness on Hydrodynamic Instability Growth in Double Shell Implosions

    ORAL · Invited

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    Presenters

    • Joshua Paul Sauppe

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    Authors

    • Joshua Paul Sauppe

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Eric N Loomis

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Sasi Palaniyappan

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Ryan F Sacks

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • David D Meyerhofer

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Ryan S Lester

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Brian Michael Haines

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Irina Sagert

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • John L Kline

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

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  • Experimentally assessing the origins and scaling of the helical instability in axially magnetized magnetically driven implosions

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: Experimentally assessing the origins and scaling of the helical instability in axially magnetized magnetically driven implosions - to be submitted to Physics of Plasmas

    Presenters

    • Matthew R Gomez

      Sandia National Laboratories

    Authors

    • Matthew R Gomez

      Sandia National Laboratories

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  • Optimization of laser direct-drive implosions and the achievement of record performance on the OMEGA laser

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: [1] Gopalaswamy et al, Physical Review Research 7 (1), 013009 (2025)<br>[2] Patel et al, J. Applied Phys 137, 165903 (2025)<br>[3] Gopalaswamy et al, Nature Physics 20 (5), 751-757 (2024)<br>[4] Gopalaswamy et al, Physics of Plasmas 28 (12) (2021)<br>[5] Gopalaswamy et al, Nature 565 (7741), 581-586 (2018)<br>[6] Shah, Rahul C., et al. Physical Review Letters 133.9 (2024): 095101.

    Presenters

    • Varchas Gopalaswamy

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    Authors

    • Varchas Gopalaswamy

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    • James P Knauer

      University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

    • Aarne Lees

      University of Rochester

    • Dhrumir P Patel

      University of Rochester

    • Luke A Ceurvorst

      University of Rochester

    • Danielle Hamilton

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics

    • Rahman Ejaz

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    • Cliff A Thomas

      University of Rochester

    • Igor V Igumenshchev

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), University of Rochester

    • Arnold K Schwemmlein

      University of Rochester

    • Rahul C Shah

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), University of Rochester

    • Duc M Cao

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), University of Rochester

    • Michael J Rosenberg

      University of Rochester

    • Timothy J Collins

      University of Rochester

    • Sean P Regan

      University of Rochester

    • Valeri N Goncharov

      University of Rochester

    • Peter V Heuer

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), University of Rochester

    • Maria Gatu Johnson

      Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center

    • Johan A Frenje

      MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    • Chris Wink

      MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center

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  • Ignition of turbulent plasma via the shear flow reactivity enhancement effect

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: "Enhancement to fusion reactivity in sheared flows." H. Fetsch and N. J. Fisch, arXiv 10.48550/arXiv.2410.03590 (2024) <br>"Analytical models for the enhancement of fusion reactivity by turbulence." H. Fetsch and N. J. Fisch, arXiv 10.48550/arXiv.2506.13711 (2025) <br>"An ignition criterion for inertial fusion boosted by microturbulence." H. Fetsch and N. J. Fisch, arXiv 10.48550/arXiv.2507.18917 (2025)

    Presenters

    • Henry Fetsch

      Princeton University

    Authors

    • Henry Fetsch

      Princeton University

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