Invited Session ICF: Hohlraums & LPI

Presentations

• Optimizing Hohlraum Efficiency for Ignition and High Gain in Inertial Confinement Fusion

  ORAL · Invited

  Nov. 21, 2025, 9:30 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Joseph E Ralph

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Joseph E Ralph

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Chris V Young

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Chris Decker

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Benjamin Bachmann

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Colin J Bruulsema

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Debra Ann Callahan

    Focused Energy

  • Peter M Celliers

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Hui Chen

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Tom D Chapman

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Laurent Divol

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Tilo Doeppner

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Michael J Edwards

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • William A Farmer

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LLNL

  • Matthias Hohenberger

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Omar A Hurricane

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Nobuhiko Izumi

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Shahab Khan

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Andrea L Kritcher

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Otto L Landen

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Nuno Lemos

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Rachel M Merlo

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Henry J Meyer

    Lawerence Livermore National Laberatory

  • Arthur E Pak

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • James S Ross

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore

  • Harry Francis Robey

    Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Mike S Rubery

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Paul T Springer

    LLNL

  • Tod T Woods

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNS), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Paul F Schmit

    Pacific Fusion

  • Riccardo Tommasini

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Eleanor Tubman

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Alex Zylstra

    Pacific Fusion

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• Flow induced beam deflection measurements in ablation plasmas

  ORAL · Invited

  Nov. 21, 2025, 10:00 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 10:30 AM

  Presenters

  • Colin J Bruulsema

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Colin J Bruulsema

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Nuno Lemos

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Avram Milder

    Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Charles Ruyer

    CEA, DAM, DIF, F-91297 Arpajon, France

  • William A Farmer

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LLNL

  • Stefan J Huller

    Centre de Physique Théorique, Ecole Polytechnique

  • Wojciech Rozmus

    Univ of Alberta

  • William Riedel

    Stanford University, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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• High resolution kinetic transport simulations of inertial confinement fusion experiments

  ORAL · Invited

  Nov. 21, 2025, 10:30 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 11:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Mark W Sherlock

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Mark W Sherlock

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Anthony R Bell

    University of Oxford

  • Aidan J Crilly

    Imperial College London

  • Philip W Moloney

    Imperial College London

  • Jeremy P Chittenden

    Imperial College London

  • John J Bissell

    University of York

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• Applying Differentiable Programming to Theoretical, Computational, and Experimental Plasma Physics

  ORAL · Invited

  Nov. 21, 2025, 11:00 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 11:30 AM

  Publication: 1. Joglekar, A. S. & Thomas, A. G. R. Unsupervised discovery of nonlinear plasma physics using differentiable kinetic simulations. J. Plasma Phys. 88, 905880608 (2022).<br>2. Joglekar, A. S. & Thomas, A. G. R. Machine learning of hidden variables in multiscale fluid simulation. Mach. Learn.: Sci. Technol. 4, 035049 (2023).<br>3. Milder, A. L., Joglekar, A. S., Rozmus, W. & Froula, D. H. Qualitative and quantitative enhancement of parameter estimation for model-based diagnostics using automatic differentiation with an application to inertial fusion. Mach. Learn.: Sci. Technol. 5, 015026 (2024).<br>4. Joglekar, A. S. et. al. Mitigating transient growth in the two plasmon decay instability by optimizing laser bandwidth

  Presenters

  • Archis S Joglekar

    Ergodic LLC

  Authors

  • Archis S Joglekar

    Ergodic LLC

  • Alec G.R. GR Thomas

    Michigan University

  • Avram Milder

    Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Dustin H Froula

    University of Rochester

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• Plasma probing and single-shot crossed-beam energy transfer measurements using a broadband probe.

  ORAL · Invited

  Nov. 21, 2025, 11:30 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 12:00 PM

  Publication: A. Longman, et al. Pump with broadband probe experiments for single-shot measurements of plasma conditions and crossed-beam energy transfer, Under Review, Physical Review Letters

  Presenters

  • Andrew M Longman

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Andrew M Longman

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Daniel Mittelberger

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Elizabeth S Grace

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Clement S Goyon

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • George F Swadling

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • G. E. G Kemp

    Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Tom D Chapman

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Stephen Maricle

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Nicky Vanartsdalen

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Austin M Linder

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Brent Stuart

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Felicie Albert

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Ryan Muir

    LLNL

  • Tyler Dumbacher

    LLNL

  • Kevin Zoromski

    LLNL

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• Enhanced Ion-acoustic Wave Fluctuations Driven by Speckled Heater Beams

  ORAL · Invited

  Nov. 21, 2025, 12:00 PM – Nov. 21, 2025, 12:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Kyle Richard McMillen

    University of Rochester

  Authors

  • Kyle Richard McMillen

    University of Rochester

  • Russell K Follett

    University of Rochester

  • Joe D Katz

    University of Rochester - Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Avram Milder

    Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • John P Palastro

    Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Wojciech Rozmus

    Univ of Alberta

  • Hans G Rinderknecht

    Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), University of Rochester

  • Dustin H Froula

    University of Rochester

  • Daniel J Haberberger

    Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Jessica L Shaw

    University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

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