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Fast ignition by intense laser-accelerated proton beams by Roth, M, Cowan, T E, Key, M H, Hatchett, S P, Brown, C, Fountain, W, Johnson, J, Pennington, D M, Snavely, R A, Wilks, S C, Yasuike, K, Ruhl, H, Pegoraro, F, Bulanov, S V, Campbell, E M, Perry, M D, Powell, H

“…The concept of fast ignition with inertial confinement fusion (ICF) is a way to reduce the energy required for ignition and burn and to maximize the gain…”
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Plasma devices to guide and collimate a high density of MeV electrons by Kodama, R, Sentoku, Y, Chen, Z. L, Kumar, G. R, Hatchett, S. P, Toyama, Y, Cowan, T. E, Freeman, R. R, Fuchs, J, Izawa, Y, Key, M. H, Kitagawa, Y, Kondo, K, Matsuoka, T, Nakamura, H, Nakatsutsumi, M, Norreys, P. A, Norimatsu, T, Snavely, R. A, Stephens, R. B, Tampo, M, Tanaka, K. A, Yabuuchi, T

“…The development of ultra-intense lasers has facilitated new studies in laboratory astrophysics and high-density nuclear science, including laser fusion. Such…”
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Proton radiography of a laser-driven implosion by Mackinnon, A J, Patel, P K, Borghesi, M, Clarke, R C, Freeman, R R, Habara, H, Hatchett, S P, Hey, D, Hicks, D G, Kar, S, Key, M H, King, J A, Lancaster, K, Neely, D, Nikkro, A, Norreys, P A, Notley, M M, Phillips, T W, Romagnani, L, Snavely, R A, Stephens, R B, Town, R P J

“…Protons accelerated by a picosecond laser pulse have been used to radiograph a 500 microm diameter capsule, imploded with 300 J of laser light in 6…”
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Intense high-energy proton beams from Petawatt-laser irradiation of solids by Snavely, R A, Key, M H, Hatchett, S P, Cowan, T E, Roth, M, Phillips, T W, Stoyer, M A, Henry, E A, Sangster, T C, Singh, M S, Wilks, S C, MacKinnon, A, Offenberger, A, Pennington, D M, Yasuike, K, Langdon, A B, Lasinski, B F, Johnson, J, Perry, M D, Campbell, E M

“…An intense collimated beam of high-energy protons is emitted normal to the rear surface of thin solid targets irradiated at 1 PW power and peak intensity…”
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Implosion of indirectly driven reentrant-cone shell target by Stephens, R B, Hatchett, S P, Turner, R E, Tanaka, K A, Kodama, R

“…We have examined the implosion of an indirectly driven reentrant-cone shell target to clarify the issues attendant on compressing fuel for a fast ignition…”
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Observation of the decay dynamics and instabilities of megagauss field structures in laser-produced plasmas by Li, C K, Séguin, F H, Frenje, J A, Rygg, J R, Petrasso, R D, Town, R P J, Amendt, P A, Hatchett, S P, Landen, O L, Mackinnon, A J, Patel, P K, Tabak, M, Knauer, J P, Sangster, T C, Smalyuk, V A

“…Monoenergetic proton radiography was used to make the first measurements of the long-time-scale dynamics and evolution of megagauss laser-plasma-generated…”
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Time-Resolved Fuel Density Profiles of the Stagnation Phase of Indirect-Drive Inertial Confinement Implosions by Tommasini, Riccardo, Landen, O. L., Berzak Hopkins, L., Hatchett, S. P., Kalantar, D. H., Hsing, W. W., Alessi, D. A., Ayers, S. L., Bhandarkar, S. D., Bowers, M. W., Bradley, D. K., Conder, A. D., Di Nicola, J. M., Di Nicola, P., Divol, L., Fittinghoff, D., Gururangan, G., Hall, G. N., Hamamoto, M., Hargrove, D. R., Hartouni, E. P., Heebner, J. E., Herriot, S. I., Hermann, M. R., Holder, J. P., Holunga, D. M., Homoelle, D., Iglesias, C. A., Izumi, N., Kemp, A. J., Kohut, T., Kroll, J. J., LaFortune, K., Lawson, J. K., Lowe-Webb, R., MacKinnon, A. J., Martinez, D., Masters, N. D., Mauldin, M. P., Milovich, J., Nikroo, A., Okui, J. K., Park, J., Prantil, M., Pelz, L. J., Schoff, M., Sigurdsson, R., Volegov, P. L., Vonhof, S., Zobrist, T. L., Wallace, R. J., Walters, C. F., Wegner, P., Widmayer, C., Williams, W. H., Youngblood, K., Edwards, M. J., Herrmann, M. C.

“…The implosion efficiency in inertial confinement fusion depends on the degree of stagnated fuel compression, density uniformity, sphericity, and minimum…”
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Measuring E and B fields in laser-produced plasmas with monoenergetic proton radiography by Li, C K, Séguin, F H, Frenje, J A, Rygg, J R, Petrasso, R D, Town, R P J, Amendt, P A, Hatchett, S P, Landen, O L, Mackinnon, A J, Patel, P K, Smalyuk, V A, Sangster, T C, Knauer, J P

“…Electromagnetic (E/B) fields generated by the interaction with plasmas of long-pulse, low-intensity laser beams relevant to inertial confinement fusion have…”
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Laser heating of solid matter by light-pressure-driven shocks at ultrarelativistic intensities by Akli, K U, Hansen, S B, Kemp, A J, Freeman, R R, Beg, F N, Clark, D C, Chen, S D, Hey, D, Hatchett, S P, Highbarger, K, Giraldez, E, Green, J S, Gregori, G, Lancaster, K L, Ma, T, MacKinnon, A J, Norreys, P, Patel, N, Pasley, J, Shearer, C, Stephens, R B, Stoeckl, C, Storm, M, Theobald, W, Van Woerkom, L D, Weber, R, Key, M H

“…The heating of solid targets irradiated by 5 x 10(20) W cm(-2), 0.8 ps, 1.05 microm wavelength laser light is studied by x-ray spectroscopy of the K-shell…”
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Experimental Measurements of Hot Electrons Generated by Ultraintense ( > 10 19 W / cm 2 ) Laser-Plasma Interactions on Solid-Density Targets by Wharton, K. B., Hatchett, S. P., Wilks, S. C., Key, M. H., Moody, J. D., Yanovsky, V., Offenberger, A. A., Hammel, B. A., Perry, M. D., Joshi, C.

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Measurements of the T ( t,2n ) He4 Neutron Spectrum at Low Reactant Energies from Inertial Confinement Implosions by Casey, DT, Frenje, JA, Johnson, MG, Manuel, MJE, Sinenian, N, Zylstra, AB, Seguin, FH, Li, CK, Petrasso, RD, Glebov, VY, Radha, PB, Meyerhofer, DD, Sangster, TC, McNabb, DP, Amendt, PA, Boyd, RN, Hatchett, SP, Quaglioni, S, Rygg, JR, Thompson, IJ, Bacher, AD, Herrmann, HW, Kim, YH

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Petawatt laser system and experiments by Pennington, D.M., Brown, C.G., Cowan, T.E., Hatchett, S.P., Henry, E., Herman, S., Kartz, M., Key, M., Koch, J., MacKinnon, A.J., Perry, M.D., Phillips, T.W., Roth, M., Sangster, T.C., Singh, M., Snavely, R.A., Stoyer, M., Stuart, B.C., Wilks, S.C.

“…We have developed a hybrid Ti:sapphire-Nd:glass laser system that produces more than 1.5 PW of peak power. The system has produced up to 680 J of energy on…”
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Measurements of the T(t,2n)4He neutron spectrum at low reactant energies from inertial confinement implosions by Casey, D T, Frenje, J A, Gatu Johnson, M, Manuel, M J-E, Sinenian, N, Zylstra, A B, Séguin, F H, Li, C K, Petrasso, R D, Glebov, V Yu, Radha, P B, Meyerhofer, D D, Sangster, T C, McNabb, D P, Amendt, P A, Boyd, R N, Hatchett, S P, Quaglioni, S, Rygg, J R, Thompson, I J, Bacher, A D, Herrmann, H W, Kim, Y H

“…Measurements of the neutron spectrum from the T(t,2n)4He (tt) reaction have been conducted using inertial confinement fusion implosions at the OMEGA laser…”
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Indirectly driven, high convergence inertial confinement fusion implosions by Cable, MD, Hatchett, SP, Caird, JA, Kilkenny, JD, Kornblum, HN, Lane, SM, Laumann, C, Lerche, RA, Murphy, TJ, Murray, J, Nelson, MB, Phillion, DW, Powell, H, Ress, DB

“…A series of high convergence indirectly driven implosions has been done with the Nova Laser Fusion facility. These implosions were well characterized by a…”
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Experimental measurements of deep directional columnar heating by laser-generated relativistic electrons at near-solid density by Koch, J A, Key, M H, Freeman, R R, Hatchett, S P, Lee, R W, Pennington, D, Stephens, R B, Tabak, M

“…In our experiments, we irradiated solid CH targets with a 400 J, 5 ps, 3 x 10(19) W/cm(2) laser, and we used x-ray imaging and spectroscopic diagnostics to…”
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T–T Neutron Spectrum from Inertial Confinement Implosions by Bacher, A. D., Casey, D. T., Frenje, J. A., Gatu Johnson, M. J., Manuel, M., Sinenian, N., Zylstra, A. B., Séguin, F. H., Li, C. K., Petrasso, R. D., Glebov, V. Yu, Radha, P. B., Meyerhofer, D. D., Sangster, T. C., McNabb, D. P., Amendt, P. A., Boyd, R. N., Caggiano, J. A., Hatchett, S. P., Pino, J. E., Quaglioni, S., Rygg, J. R., Thompson, I. J., Herrmann, H. W., Kim, Y. H.

“…A new technique that uses inertial confinement implosions for measuring low-energy nuclear reactions important to nuclear astrophysics is described…”
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The potential of fast ignition and related experiments with a petawatt laser Facility by KEY, M. H, CAMPBELL, E. M, PENNINGTON, D. M, PERRY, M. D, PHILLIPS, T. J, SANGSTER, T. C, SINGH, M. S, SNAVELY, R. A, STOYER, M. A, TSUKAMOTO, M, WHARTON, K. B, WILKS, S. C, COWAN, T. E, HATCHETT, S. P, HENRY, E. A, KOCH, J. A, LANGDON, A. B, LASINSKI, B. F, MACKINNON, A, OFFENBERGER, A. A

“…A model of energy gain induced by fast ignition of thermonuclear burn in compressed deuterium-tritium fuel, is used to show the potential for 300× gain with a…”
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K α fluorescence measurement of relativistic electron transport in the context of fast ignition by Stephens, R. B., Snavely, R. A., Aglitskiy, Y., Amiranoff, F., Andersen, C., Batani, D., Baton, S. D., Cowan, T., Freeman, R. R., Hall, T., Hatchett, S. P., Hill, J. M., Key, M. H., King, J. A., Koch, J. A., Koenig, M., MacKinnon, A. J., Lancaster, K. L., Martinolli, E., Norreys, P., Perelli-Cippo, E., Rabec Le Gloahec, M., Rousseaux, C., Santos, J. J., Scianitti, F.

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Infrared observations of RS CVn stars by Berriman, G., De Campli, W. M., Werner, M. W., Hatchett, S. P.

“…We present infrared photometry of the RS CVn binary stars AR Lac (1.2–10 μm) and MM Her (1.2–3.5 μm) as they egressed from their primary and secondary…”
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Neutron Time-of-Flight Measurements of Charged-Particle Energy Loss in Inertial Confinement Fusion Plasmas by Sayre, D. B., Cerjan, C. J., Sepke, S. M., Gericke, D. O., Caggiano, J. A., Divol, L., Eckart, M. J., Graziani, F. R., Grim, G. P., Hansen, S. B., Hartouni, E. P., Hatarik, R., Hatchett, S. P., Hayes, A. K., Hopkins, L. F. Berzak, Johnson, M. Gatu, Khan, S. F., Knauer, J. P., Le Pape, S., MacKinnon, A. J., McNaney, J. M., Meezan, N. B., Rinderknecht, H. G., Shaughnessy, D. A., Stoeffl, W., Yeamans, C. B., Zylstra, A. B., Schneider, D. H.

“…Neutron spectra from secondary H3(d,n)α reactions produced by an implosion of a deuterium-gas capsule at the National Ignition Facility have been measured with…”
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