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ICF: Double Shells and Polar Direct Drive

ORAL · ZO08 · ID: 3571812




Presentations

  • Performance of liquid DT-filled double shell implosions at the National Ignition Facility

    ORAL

    Publication: [1] D. Montgomery et al., Phys. Plasmas 25, 092706 (2018).<br>[2] S. Palaniyappan et al., Phys. Plasmas (accepted)<br>[3] R. Scott et al., Phys. Plasmas 32, 062706 (2025)<br>

    Presenters

    • Sasi Palaniyappan

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Authors

    • Sasi Palaniyappan

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Eric N Loomis

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Harry Francis Robey

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Ryan Scott

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Joshua Paul Sauppe

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Chun-Shang Wong

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Sara D Negussie

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Ryan F Sacks

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Nikolaus S Christiansen

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Samuel Stringfield

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Patrick M Donovan

      Los Alamos National Lab

    • Derek W Schmidt

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Brian M Patterson

      Los Alamos National Lab

    • Theresa E Quintana

      Los Alamos National Lab

    • Mora Durocher

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Kevin D Meaney

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Zaarah Mohamed

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Carl Wilde

      Los Alamos National Lab

    • Christopher R Danly

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Hermann Geppert-Kleinrath

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Robert Dwyer

      Los Alamos National Lab

    • Ryan S Lester

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Joseph Smidt

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Ann Satsangi

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Claudia M Shuldberg

      GA

    • Wendi Sweet

      General Atomics

    • Hongwei Xu

      General Atomics

    • Jay Crippen

      General Atomics

    • Joshua Murray

      GA

    • Mark Ratledge

      General Atomics

    • Ruben Santana

      General Atomics

    • Kevin Sequoia

      General Atomics

    • Ali C Basaran

      General Atomics

    • Haibo Huang

      General Atomics

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  • Inferring high-Z pusher morphology near stagnation in Double Shell implosions from x-ray self-emission

    ORAL

    Publication: A manuscript with the same title and authors is being prepared.

    Presenters

    • Chun-Shang Wong

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    Authors

    • Chun-Shang Wong

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Sasi Palaniyappan

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Sara D Negussie

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Joshua Paul Sauppe

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Enac Gallardo-Diaz

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Samuel Stringfield

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Nikolaus S Christiansen

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Eric N Loomis

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

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  • Shape analysis of DT-filled double shell implosions at the National Ignition Facility

    ORAL

    Presenters

    • Zaarah Mohamed

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    Authors

    • Zaarah Mohamed

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Sasi Palaniyappan

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Eric N Loomis

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Chun-Shang Wong

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • James F Dowd

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Tiffany R Desjardins

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Ryan Scott

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Harry F Robey

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Joshua Paul Sauppe

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Nikolaus S Christiansen

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Samuel Stringfield

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Derek W Schmidt

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

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  • Investigating the Joint Feature in Double Shell Targets

    ORAL

    Presenters

    • Tiffany R Desjardins

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    Authors

    • Tiffany R Desjardins

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Alexander G Seaton

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Nikolaus S Christiansen

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Christopher T Wilson

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Eric N Loomis

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Joshua Paul Sauppe

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

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  • Numerical simulation of performance metrics and trends in double shell implosions on the National Ignition Facility

    ORAL

    Presenters

    • Ryan Scott

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    Authors

    • Ryan Scott

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Harry F Robey

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Joshua Paul Sauppe

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Brian Michael Haines

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

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  • Yield Sensitivity to Fabrication-Induced Inner Shell Backwall Damage in Double Shell Capsules

    ORAL

    Presenters

    • Brandon M Medina

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    Authors

    • Brandon M Medina

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Harry Francis Robey

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Joshua Paul Sauppe

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Ryan F Sacks

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Eric N Loomis

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

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  • Post-Shot Modeling of Double Shell Implosions Using Integrated Hohlraum Simulations

    ORAL

    Presenters

    • Sara D Negussie

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    Authors

    • Sara D Negussie

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Harry F Robey

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Joshua Paul Sauppe

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Brian Michael Haines

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

    • Irina Sagert

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Eric N Loomis

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Sasi Palaniyappan

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

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  • Measurements of inner shell pre-heat response in a double shell two-axis keyhole implosion

    ORAL

    Presenters

    • Alexander M Rasmus

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Authors

    • Alexander M Rasmus

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Eric N Loomis

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Harry Francis Robey

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Nikolaus S Christiansen

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Samuel Stringfield

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Tiffany R Desjardins

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Lauren Green

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Lynn Kot

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Zaarah Mohamed

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Sasi Palaniyappan

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Nicholas Roskopf

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Ryan F Sacks

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Irina Sagert

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Joshua Paul Sauppe

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Derek W Schmidt

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Christopher T Wilson

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Chun-Shang Wong

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Hongwei Xu

      General Atomics

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  • Modeling direct-drive implosions with high-Z fuel dopants with the xRAGE code

    ORAL

    Presenters

    • Irina Sagert

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Authors

    • Irina Sagert

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Peter Maginot

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Tim Wong

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Brett D Keenan

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Enac Gallardo-Diaz

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Zachary J Medin

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Kamil A Syed

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Christopher J Fontes

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Karin H Farajnejadi

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Amaya J Andrews

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Ryan S Lester

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Jeff R Haack

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Steven Howard Batha

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Kristoffer A Eriksen

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

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  • Pulse shaping with plastic ablators to overcome unique challenges with indirect-drive double shell inertial confinement fusion

    ORAL

    Presenters

    • Eric N Loomis

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    Authors

    • Eric N Loomis

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Harry Francis Robey

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Alexander M Rasmus

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Irina Sagert

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Joshua Paul Sauppe

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

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  • Investigating 2MJ Double Shell Designs

    ORAL

    Presenters

    • Ryan F Sacks

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    Authors

    • Ryan F Sacks

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Harry Francis Robey

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Eric N Loomis

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Joshua Paul Sauppe

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Sasi Palaniyappan

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

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  • Polar Direct Drive Inertial Fusion Energy Target designs for high energy lasers

    ORAL

    Presenters

    • John L Kline

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    Authors

    • John L Kline

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Camille Samulski

      Virginia Tech/Los Alamos National Lab

    • Sarah E Hansen

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Adrianna M Angulo

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Radha Bahukutumbi

      Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of Rochester

    • Evan S Dodd

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Brian Michael Haines

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

    • G. E. G Kemp

      Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Varchas Gopalaswamy

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    • Rahul C Shah

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), University of Rochester

    • Valeri N Goncharov

      University of Rochester

    • C.A. A Thomas

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

    • Suxing Hu

      University of Rochester

    • Alexander Shvydky

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

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  • Scaling Validation of Polar Direct Drive Capsule Implosions Using xRage

    ORAL

    Presenters

    • Sarah E Hansen

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    Authors

    • Sarah E Hansen

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • John L Kline

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Camille Samulski

      Virginia Tech/Los Alamos National Lab

    • P. B Radha

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Evan S Dodd

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Mark Jude Schmitt

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • G. E. G Kemp

      Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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  • Bayesian Optimization of Direct-Drive Double-Shell Targets

    ORAL

    Presenters

    • Adrianna Angulo

      Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Authors

    • Adrianna Angulo

      Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Mike Grosskopf

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • John L Kline

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

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