Invited Session ICF: Measurements & Novel Approaches

Presentations

• On the origin and nature of the alpha knock-on tail in neutron spectra from ignited implosions at the NIF

  ORAL · Invited

  Nov. 18, 2025, 2:00 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 2:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Christopher W Wink

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Christopher W Wink

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Aidan J Crilly

    Imperial College London

  • Maria Gatu Johnson

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center

  • Justin Jeet

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Laurent Divol

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Benjamin Bachmann

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Daniel T Casey

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence LIvermore National Laboratory

  • David Schlossberg

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Justin H Kunimune

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Yousef Lawrence

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Benjamin Reichelt

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Kevin D Meaney

    Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Stanislav Stoupin

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Omar A Hurricane

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Richard David Petrasso

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Experimental Signatures of Burn Propagation and Robust Ignition in Laser Indirect Drive Implosions on the National Ignition Facility

  ORAL · Invited

  Nov. 18, 2025, 2:30 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 3:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Robert H Dwyer

    University of Rochester

  Authors

  • Robert H Dwyer

    University of Rochester

  • Kevin D Meaney

    Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Brian Michael Haines

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

  • Hermann Geppert-Kleinrath

    Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Jorge A Carrera

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Eddie F Mariscal

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • William S Daughton

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

  • Brian James Albright

    Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Joshua Paul Sauppe

    Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Chad J Forrest

    Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), University of Rochester

  • Sean P Regan

    University of Rochester

  • Yongho Kim

    Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

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• Observation of Spatial Variations in Ion Temperature in ICF Implosions

  ORAL · Invited

  Nov. 18, 2025, 3:00 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 3:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Christopher R Danly

    Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  Authors

  • Christopher R Danly

    Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Landon R Tafoya

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• Probing femtosecond electron dynamics with ultrafast X-ray absorption spectroscopy using a laser-plasma accelerator

  ORAL · Invited

  Nov. 18, 2025, 3:30 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 4:00 PM

  Publication: Kettle et al. Comms Phys 7, 247 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-024-01735-1

  Presenters

  • Brendan Kettle

    Imperial College London

  Authors

  • Brendan Kettle

    Imperial College London

  • Laurence Bradley

    Imperial College London

  • Greg Christian

    Imperial College London

  • Oliver Finlay

    Central Laser Facility, STFC

  • Elias Gerstmayr

    Queen's University of Belfast

  • Joe Grieves

    Imperial College London

  • Adam Hughes

    Imperial College London

  • Owen Lawrence

    University of York

  • Shane McManus

    Queen's University Belfast

  • Chris D Murphy

    University of York

  • David Riley

    Queen's University Belfast

  • Steven J Rose

    Imperial College London

  • Matthew Streeter

    Queen's University Belfast

  • Stuart P Mangles

    Imperial College London

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• New high-performance indirect drive target designs taking full advantage of a seed magnetic field

  ORAL · Invited

  Nov. 18, 2025, 4:00 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Christopher A Walsh

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  Authors

  • Christopher A Walsh

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Sam Thomas Jack O'Neill

    Imperial College London

  • David Jerome Strozzi

    LLNL, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Luis S Leal

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Robert Spiers

    University of Delaware

  • Aidan J Crilly

    Imperial College London

  • Bradley B Pollock

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Hong Sio

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Bruce A Hammel

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Blagoje Z Djordjevic

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Omar A Hurricane

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Jeremy P Chittenden

    Imperial College London

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• THOR: Developing a Next-Generation Platform for Radflow and Opacity Measurements

  ORAL · Invited

  Nov. 18, 2025, 4:30 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 5:00 PM

  Publication: Abu-Shawareb et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 065102, 2024.<br>M. S. Rubery et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 065104, 2024.

  Presenters

  • Ryan S Lester

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Ryan S Lester

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Brian Michael Haines

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

  • Heather M Johns

    Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Kevin Meaney

    P-4: THERMONUCLEAR PLASMA PHYSICS

  • Lynn Kot

    P-4: THERMONUCLEAR PLASMA PHYSICS

  • Ryan Scott

    Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Todd Urbatsch

    XTD-IDA: XTD INTEGRATED DESIGN & ASSESSMENT

  • YongHo Kim

    P-4: THERMONUCLEAR PLASMA PHYSICS

  • Joseph Levesque

    P-2: APPLIED AND FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS

  • Harry Robey

    P-4: THERMONUCLEAR PLASMA PHYSICS

  • Annie L Kritcher

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Chris Young

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Eduard L. Dewald

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Jeremy Kroll

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Katherina Kasman

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Kurt Olson

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Madison E Martin

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Mark E Foord

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Mordy Rosen

    mrosen@llnl.gov

  • Nicholas Hash

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Nicholas Roskopf

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Otto L Landen

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Robert F Heeter

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Shon T. Prisbrey

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Steven Paqueo

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Scott Vonhof

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Warren J Garbett

    AWE

  • Lauren Hobbs

    Atomic Weapons Establishment

  • Peter Graham

    Atomic Weapons Establishment

  • John Morton

    Atomic Weapons Establishment

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