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High-Performance Indirect-Drive Cryogenic Implosions at High Adiabat on the National Ignition Facility by Baker, K L, Thomas, C A, Casey, D T, Khan, S, Spears, B K, Nora, R, Woods, T, Milovich, J L, Berger, R L, Strozzi, D, Clark, D, Hohenberger, M, Hurricane, O A, Callahan, D A, Landen, O L, Bachmann, B, Benedetti, R, Bionta, R, Celliers, P M, Fittinghoff, D, Goyon, C, Grim, G, Hatarik, R, Izumi, N, Gatu Johnson, M, Kyrala, G, Ma, T, Millot, M, Nagel, S R, Pak, A, Patel, P K, Turnbull, D, Volegov, P L, Yeamans, C

“…To reach the pressures and densities required for ignition, it may be necessary to develop an approach to design that makes it easier for simulations to guide…”
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Alpha Heating and Burning Plasmas in Inertial Confinement Fusion by Betti, R, Christopherson, A R, Spears, B K, Nora, R, Bose, A, Howard, J, Woo, K M, Edwards, M J, Sanz, J

“…Estimating the level of alpha heating and determining the onset of the burning plasma regime is essential to finding the path towards thermonuclear ignition…”
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Observation of Hydrodynamic Flows in Imploding Fusion Plasmas on the National Ignition Facility by Schlossberg, D. J., Grim, G. P., Casey, D. T., Moore, A. S., Nora, R., Bachmann, B., Benedetti, L. R., Bionta, R. M., Eckart, M. J., Field, J. E., Fittinghoff, D. N., Gatu Johnson, M., Geppert-Kleinrath, V., Hartouni, E. P., Hatarik, R., Hsing, W. W., Jarrott, L. C., Khan, S. F., Kilkenny, J. D., Landen, O. L., MacGowan, B. J., Mackinnon, A. J., Meaney, K. D., Munro, D. H., Nagel, S. R., Pak, A., Patel, P. K., Spears, B. K., Volegov, P. L., Young, C. V.

“…Inertial confinement fusion implosions designed to have minimal fluid motion at peak compression often show significant linear flows in the laboratory,…”
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Improved Performance of High Areal Density Indirect Drive Implosions at the National Ignition Facility using a Four-Shock Adiabat Shaped Drive by Casey, D T, Milovich, J L, Smalyuk, V A, Clark, D S, Robey, H F, Pak, A, MacPhee, A G, Baker, K L, Weber, C R, Ma, T, Park, H-S, Döppner, T, Callahan, D A, Haan, S W, Patel, P K, Peterson, J L, Hoover, D, Nikroo, A, Yeamans, C B, Merrill, F E, Volegov, P L, Fittinghoff, D N, Grim, G P, Edwards, M J, Landen, O L, Lafortune, K N, MacGowan, B J, Widmayer, C C, Sayre, D B, Hatarik, R, Bond, E J, Nagel, S R, Benedetti, L R, Izumi, N, Khan, S, Bachmann, B, Spears, B K, Cerjan, C J, Gatu Johnson, M, Frenje, J A

“…Hydrodynamic instabilities can cause capsule defects and other perturbations to grow and degrade implosion performance in ignition experiments at the National…”
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Numerical modeling of the sensitivity of x-ray driven implosions to low-mode flux asymmetries by Scott, R H H, Clark, D S, Bradley, D K, Callahan, D A, Edwards, M J, Haan, S W, Jones, O S, Spears, B K, Marinak, M M, Town, R P J, Norreys, P A, Suter, L J

“…The sensitivity of inertial confinement fusion implosions, of the type performed on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) [1], to low-mode flux asymmetries is…”
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Transfer Learning to Model Inertial Confinement Fusion Experiments by Humbird, K. D., Peterson, J. L., Spears, B. K., McClarren, R. G.

“…Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments are designed using computer simulations that are approximations of reality and therefore must be calibrated to…”
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Inertially confined fusion plasmas dominated by alpha-particle self-heating by Hurricane, O. A., Callahan, D. A., Casey, D. T., Dewald, E. L., Dittrich, T. R., Döppner, T., Haan, S., Hinkel, D. E., Berzak Hopkins, L. F., Jones, O., Kritcher, A. L., Le Pape, S., Ma, T., MacPhee, A. G., Milovich, J. L., Moody, J., Pak, A., Park, H.-S., Patel, P. K., Ralph, J. E., Robey, H. F., Ross, J. S., Salmonson, J. D., Spears, B. K., Springer, P. T., Tommasini, R., Albert, F., Benedetti, L. R., Bionta, R., Bond, E., Bradley, D. K., Caggiano, J., Celliers, P. M., Cerjan, C., Church, J. A., Dylla-Spears, R., Edgell, D., Edwards, M. J., Fittinghoff, D., Barrios Garcia, M. A., Hamza, A., Hatarik, R., Herrmann, H., Hohenberger, M., Hoover, D., Kline, J. L., Kyrala, G., Kozioziemski, B., Grim, G., Field, J. E., Frenje, J., Izumi, N., Gatu Johnson, M., Khan, S. F., Knauer, J., Kohut, T., Landen, O., Merrill, F., Michel, P., Moore, A., Nagel, S. R., Nikroo, A., Parham, T., Rygg, R. R., Sayre, D., Schneider, M., Shaughnessy, D., Strozzi, D., Town, R. P. J., Turnbull, D., Volegov, P., Wan, A., Widmann, K., Wilde, C., Yeamans, C.

“…Alpha-particle self-heating, the process of deuterium–tritium fusion reaction products depositing their kinetic energy locally within a fusion reaction region…”
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Evidence for suprathermal ion distribution in burning plasmas by Hartouni, E. P., Moore, A. S., Crilly, A. J., Appelbe, B. D., Amendt, P. A., Baker, K. L., Casey, D. T., Clark, D. S., Döppner, T., Eckart, M. J., Field, J. E., Gatu-Johnson, M., Grim, G. P., Hatarik, R., Jeet, J., Kerr, S. M., Kilkenny, J., Kritcher, A. L., Meaney, K. D., Milovich, J. L., Munro, D. H., Nora, R. C., Pak, A. E., Ralph, J. E., Robey, H. F., Ross, J. S., Schlossberg, D. J., Sepke, S. M., Spears, B. K., Young, C. V., Zylstra, A. B.

“…At the National Ignition Facility, inertial confinement fusion experiments aim to burn and ignite a hydrogen plasma to generate a net source of energy through…”
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Onset of hydrodynamic mix in high-velocity, highly compressed inertial confinement fusion implosions by Ma, T, Patel, P K, Izumi, N, Springer, P T, Key, M H, Atherton, L J, Benedetti, L R, Bradley, D K, Callahan, D A, Celliers, P M, Cerjan, C J, Clark, D S, Dewald, E L, Dixit, S N, Döppner, T, Edgell, D H, Epstein, R, Glenn, S, Grim, G, Haan, S W, Hammel, B A, Hicks, D, Hsing, W W, Jones, O S, Khan, S F, Kilkenny, J D, Kline, J L, Kyrala, G A, Landen, O L, Le Pape, S, MacGowan, B J, Mackinnon, A J, MacPhee, A G, Meezan, N B, Moody, J D, Pak, A, Parham, T, Park, H-S, Ralph, J E, Regan, S P, Remington, B A, Robey, H F, Ross, J S, Spears, B K, Smalyuk, V, Suter, L J, Tommasini, R, Town, R P, Weber, S V, Lindl, J D, Edwards, M J, Glenzer, S H, Moses, E I

“…Deuterium-tritium inertial confinement fusion implosion experiments on the National Ignition Facility have demonstrated yields ranging from 0.8 to 7×10(14),…”
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Thermonuclear reactions probed at stellar-core conditions with laser-based inertial-confinement fusion by Casey, D. T., Sayre, D. B., Brune, C. R., Smalyuk, V. A., Weber, C. R., Tipton, R. E., Pino, J. E., Grim, G. P., Remington, B. A., Dearborn, D., Benedetti, L. R., Frenje, J. A., Gatu-Johnson, M., Hatarik, R., Izumi, N., McNaney, J. M., Ma, T., Kyrala, G. A., MacLaren, S., Salmonson, J., Khan, S. F., Pak, A., Hopkins, L. Berzak, LePape, S., Spears, B. K., Meezan, N. B., Divol, L., Yeamans, C. B., Caggiano, J. A., McNabb, D. P., Holunga, D. M., Chiarappa-Zucca, M., Kohut, T. R., Parham, T. G.

“…Stars are giant thermonuclear plasma furnaces that slowly fuse the lighter elements in the universe into heavier elements, releasing energy, and generating the…”
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Thin shell, high velocity inertial confinement fusion implosions on the national ignition facility by Ma, T, Hurricane, O A, Callahan, D A, Barrios, M A, Casey, D T, Dewald, E L, Dittrich, T R, Döppner, T, Haan, S W, Hinkel, D E, Berzak Hopkins, L F, Le Pape, S, MacPhee, A G, Pak, A, Park, H-S, Patel, P K, Remington, B A, Robey, H F, Salmonson, J D, Springer, P T, Tommasini, R, Benedetti, L R, Bionta, R, Bond, E, Bradley, D K, Caggiano, J, Celliers, P, Cerjan, C J, Church, J A, Dixit, S, Dylla-Spears, R, Edgell, D, Edwards, M J, Field, J, Fittinghoff, D N, Frenje, J A, Gatu Johnson, M, Grim, G, Guler, N, Hatarik, R, Herrmann, H W, Hsing, W W, Izumi, N, Jones, O S, Khan, S F, Kilkenny, J D, Knauer, J, Kohut, T, Kozioziemski, B, Kritcher, A, Kyrala, G, Landen, O L, MacGowan, B J, Mackinnon, A J, Meezan, N B, Merrill, F E, Moody, J D, Nagel, S R, Nikroo, A, Parham, T, Ralph, J E, Rosen, M D, Rygg, J R, Sater, J, Sayre, D, Schneider, M B, Shaughnessy, D, Spears, B K, Town, R P J, Volegov, P L, Wan, A, Widmann, K, Wilde, C H, Yeamans, C

“…Experiments have recently been conducted at the National Ignition Facility utilizing inertial confinement fusion capsule ablators that are 175 and 165  μm in…”
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Precision shock tuning on the national ignition facility by Robey, H F, Celliers, P M, Kline, J L, Mackinnon, A J, Boehly, T R, Landen, O L, Eggert, J H, Hicks, D, Le Pape, S, Farley, D R, Bowers, M W, Krauter, K G, Munro, D H, Jones, O S, Milovich, J L, Clark, D, Spears, B K, Town, R P J, Haan, S W, Dixit, S, Schneider, M B, Dewald, E L, Widmann, K, Moody, J D, Döppner, T D, Radousky, H B, Nikroo, A, Kroll, J J, Hamza, A V, Horner, J B, Bhandarkar, S D, Dzenitis, E, Alger, E, Giraldez, E, Castro, C, Moreno, K, Haynam, C, LaFortune, K N, Widmayer, C, Shaw, M, Jancaitis, K, Parham, T, Holunga, D M, Walters, C F, Haid, B, Malsbury, T, Trummer, D, Coffee, K R, Burr, B, Berzins, L V, Choate, C, Brereton, S J, Azevedo, S, Chandrasekaran, H, Glenzer, S, Caggiano, J A, Knauer, J P, Frenje, J A, Casey, D T, Johnson, M Gatu, Séguin, F H, Young, B K, Edwards, M J, Van Wonterghem, B M, Kilkenny, J, MacGowan, B J, Atherton, J, Lindl, J D, Meyerhofer, D D, Moses, E

“…Ignition implosions on the National Ignition Facility [J. D. Lindl et al., Phys. Plasmas 11, 339 (2004)] are underway with the goal of compressing…”
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Generalized measurable ignition criterion for inertial confinement fusion by Chang, P Y, Betti, R, Spears, B K, Anderson, K S, Edwards, J, Fatenejad, M, Lindl, J D, McCrory, R L, Nora, R, Shvarts, D

“…A multidimensional measurable criterion for central ignition of inertial-confinement-fusion capsules is derived. The criterion accounts for the effects of…”
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Performance of high-convergence, layered DT implosions with extended-duration pulses at the National Ignition Facility by Smalyuk, V A, Atherton, L J, Benedetti, L R, Bionta, R, Bleuel, D, Bond, E, Bradley, D K, Caggiano, J, Callahan, D A, Casey, D T, Celliers, P M, Cerjan, C J, Clark, D, Dewald, E L, Dixit, S N, Döppner, T, Edgell, D H, Edwards, M J, Frenje, J, Gatu-Johnson, M, Glebov, V Y, Glenn, S, Glenzer, S H, Grim, G, Haan, S W, Hammel, B A, Hartouni, E P, Hatarik, R, Hatchett, S, Hicks, D G, Hsing, W W, Izumi, N, Jones, O S, Key, M H, Khan, S F, Kilkenny, J D, Kline, J L, Knauer, J, Kyrala, G A, Landen, O L, Le Pape, S, Lindl, J D, Ma, T, MacGowan, B J, Mackinnon, A J, MacPhee, A G, McNaney, J, Meezan, N B, Moody, J D, Moore, A, Moran, M, Moses, E I, Pak, A, Parham, T, Park, H-S, Patel, P K, Petrasso, R, Ralph, J E, Regan, S P, Remington, B A, Robey, H F, Ross, J S, Spears, B K, Springer, P T, Suter, L J, Tommasini, R, Town, R P, Weber, S V, Widmann, K

“…Radiation-driven, low-adiabat, cryogenic DT layered plastic capsule implosions were carried out on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) to study the…”
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Topological Bifurcations of Attracting 2-Tori of Quasiperiodically Driven Oscillators by Spears, B. K., Hutchings, M., Szeri, A. J.

“…We examine the solutions to a damped, quasiperiodic (QP) Mathieu equation with cubic nonlinearities. The system is suspended in a four-dimensional phase space…”
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Fill-tube-induced mass perturbations on x-ray-driven, ignition-scale, inertial-confinement-fusion capsule shells and the implications for ignition experiments by Bennett, G R, Herrmann, M C, Edwards, M J, Spears, B K, Back, C A, Breden, E W, Christenson, P J, Cuneo, M E, Dannenburg, K L, Frederick, C, Keller, K L, Mulville, T D, Nikroo, A, Peterson, K, Porter, J L, Russell, C O, Sinars, D B, Smith, I C, Stamm, R M, Vesey, R A

“…On the first inertial-confinement-fusion ignition facility, the target capsule will be DT filled through a long, narrow tube inserted into the shell…”
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Cognitive simulation models for inertial confinement fusion: Combining simulation and experimental data by Humbird, K. D, Peterson, J. L, Salmonson, J, Spears, B. K

“…The design space for inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments is vast and experiments are extremely expensive. Researchers rely heavily on computer…”
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Burning plasma achieved in inertial fusion by Zylstra, A. B., Callahan, D. A., Robey, H. F., Young, C. V., Baker, K. L., Casey, D. T., Divol, L., Hohenberger, M., Le Pape, S., Pak, A., Tommasini, R., Ali, S. J., Amendt, P. A., Atherton, L. J., Benedetti, L. R., Berzak Hopkins, L., Betti, R., Bhandarkar, S. D., Biener, J., Birge, N. W., Bond, E. J., Bradley, D. K., Braun, T., Bruhn, M. W., Chapman, T., Chen, H., Choate, C., Clark, D. S., Crippen, J. W., Dewald, E. L., Dittrich, T. R., Edwards, M. J., Field, J. E., Frenje, J., Glenzer, S. H., Hahn, K. D., Hall, G. N., Harte, J., Hartouni, E., Hernandez, V. J., Holder, J. P., Hsing, W. W., Huang, H., Izumi, N., Jarrott, L. C., Jeet, J., Jones, O., Kerbel, G. D., Khan, S. F., Geppert Kleinrath, H., Kong, C., Koning, J. M., Kruse, M. K. G., Landen, O. L., Langer, S., Lemos, N. C., Lindl, J. D., Ma, T., Mackinnon, A. J., MacPhee, A. G., Marinak, M. M., Mariscal, D. A., Marley, E. V., Meaney, K., Meezan, N. B., Millot, M., Milovich, J. L., Morton, J. W., Murphy, T., Di Nicola, J.-M. G., Nikroo, A., Nora, R., Patel, M. V., Ping, Y., Pollock, B. B., Ratledge, M., Rice, N. G., Rinderknecht, H., Rubery, M. S., Salmonson, J. D., Schiaffino, S., Schlossberg, D. J., Schroeder, C. R., Sepke, S. M., Sequoia, K., Sherlock, M. W., Stoupin, S., Strozzi, D. J., Thomas, C. A., Town, R. P. J., Tubman, E. R., Trosseille, C., Volegov, P. L., Weber, C. R., Van Wonterghem, B. M., Woods, D. T., Woodworth, B. N., Yamaguchi, M., Yang, S. T., Zimmerman, G. B.

“…Obtaining a burning plasma is a critical step towards self-sustaining fusion energy 1 . A burning plasma is one in which the fusion reactions themselves are…”
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Design of inertial fusion implosions reaching the burning plasma regime by Kritcher, A. L., Young, C. V., Weber, C. R., Zylstra, A. B., Hurricane, O. A., Callahan, D. A., Ralph, J. E., Casey, D. T., Clark, D. S., Döppner, T., Divol, L., Hohenberger, M., Hopkins, L. Berzak, Le Pape, S., Meezan, N. B., Pak, A., Patel, P. K., Tommasini, R., Ali, S. J., Amendt, P. A., Betti, R., Bhandarkar, S. D., Biener, J., Bionta, R. M., Bradley, D. K., Braun, T., Briggs, T. M., Celliers, P. M., Chang, B., Chapman, T., Crippen, J. W., Dewald, E. L., Dittrich, T. R., Edwards, M. J., Farmer, W. A., Fittinghoff, D., Gaffney, J. A., Johnson, M. Gatu, Grim, G. P., Hall, G. N., Harte, J., Hartouni, E., Hernandez, V. J., Holder, J. P., Hsing, W. W., Huang, H., Humbird, K. D., Izumi, N., Jarrott, L. C., Jeet, J., Jones, O., Kerbel, G. D., Kerr, S. M., Khan, S. F., Geppert-Kleinrath, H., Kong, C., Larson, D., Lemos, N. C., Lindl, J. D., Ma, T., MacGowan, B. J., Mackinnon, A. J., MacPhee, A. G., Marinak, M. M., Mariscal, D. A., Marley, E. V., Meaney, K., Michel, P. A., Millot, M., Milovich, J. L., Moody, J. D., Moore, A. S., Murphy, T., Newman, K., Pelz, L. J., Peterson, J. L., Rinderknecht, H., Rosen, M., Sater, J., Schlossberg, D. J., Schroeder, C. R., Scott, H. A., Sepke, S. M., Sequoia, K., Shin, S., Spears, B. K., Springer, P. T., Stadermann, M., Strozzi, D. J., Suter, L. J., Thomas, C. A., Town, R. P. J., Trosseille, C., Volegov, P. L., Van Wonterghem, B. M., Woods, D. T., Woodworth, B. N., Yamaguchi, M., Yang, S. T., Zimmerman, G. B.

“…In a burning plasma state 1 – 7 , alpha particles from deuterium–tritium fusion reactions redeposit their energy and are the dominant source of heating. This…”
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The impact of low-mode symmetry on inertial fusion energy output in the burning plasma state by Ralph, J. E., Ross, J. S., Hurricane, O. A., Casey, D. T., Divol, L., Hohenberger, M., Tommasini, R., Ali, S. J., Amendt, P. A., Atherton, L. J., Bachmann, B., Benedetti, L. R., Berzak Hopkins, L., Betti, R., Bhandarkar, S. D., Biener, J., Birge, N. W., Bond, E. J., Bradley, D. K., Braun, T., Bruhn, M. W., Chapman, T., Chen, H., Choate, C., Clark, D. S., Crippen, J. W., Dewald, E. L., Dittrich, T. R., Edwards, M. J., Field, J. E., Frenje, J., Glenzer, S. H., Hahn, K. D., Hall, G. N., Harte, J., Hartouni, E., Heebner, J. E., Hernandez, V. J., Holder, J. P., Hsing, W. W., Huang, H., Izumi, N., Jarrott, L. C., Jeet, J., Jones, O., Kerbel, G. D., Khan, S. F., Geppert-Kleinrath, H., Geppert-Kleinrath, V., Kong, C., Koning, J. M., Kruse, M. K. G., Landen, O. L., Langer, S., Lemos, N. C., Lindl, J. D., Ma, T., Mackinnon, A. J., MacPhee, A. G., Marinak, M. M., Mariscal, D. A., Marley, E. V., Meaney, K. D., Meezan, N. B., Millot, M., Milovich, J. L., Moore, A. S., Morton, J. W., Di Nicola, J.-M. G., Nikroo, A., Nora, R., Patel, M. V., Peterson, J. L., Ping, Y., Pollock, B. B., Ratledge, M., Rice, N. G., Rinderknecht, H. G., Salmonson, J. D., Schiaffino, S., Schlossberg, D. J., Schneider, M. B., Schroeder, C. R., Scott, H. A., Sepke, S. M., Sequoia, K., Sherlock, M. W., Stoupin, S., Strozzi, D. J., Thomas, C. A., Town, R. P. J., Volegov, P. L., Weber, C. R., Wilde, C. H., Van Wonterghem, B. M., Woods, D. T., Woodworth, B. N., Yamaguchi, M., Yang, S. T., Zimmerman, G. B.

“…Indirect Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion Experiments on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) have achieved a burning plasma state with neutron yields…”
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