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Development of Improved Radiation Drive Environment for High Foot Implosions at the National Ignition Facility by Hinkel, D E, Berzak Hopkins, L F, Ma, T, Ralph, J E, Albert, F, Benedetti, L R, Celliers, P M, Döppner, T, Goyon, C S, Izumi, N, Jarrott, L C, Khan, S F, Kline, J L, Kritcher, A L, Kyrala, G A, Nagel, S R, Pak, A E, Patel, P, Rosen, M D, Rygg, J R, Schneider, M B, Turnbull, D P, Yeamans, C B, Callahan, D A, Hurricane, O A

“…Analyses of high foot implosions show that performance is limited by the radiation drive environment, i.e., the hohlraum. Reported here are significant…”
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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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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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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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Measurements of an ablator-gas atomic mix in indirectly driven implosions at the National Ignition Facility by Smalyuk, V A, Tipton, R E, Pino, J E, Casey, D T, Grim, G P, Remington, B A, Rowley, D P, Weber, S V, Barrios, M, Benedetti, L R, Bleuel, D L, Bradley, D K, Caggiano, J A, Callahan, D A, Cerjan, C J, Clark, D S, Edgell, D H, Edwards, M J, Frenje, J A, Gatu-Johnson, M, Glebov, V Y, Glenn, S, Haan, S W, Hamza, A, Hatarik, R, Hsing, W W, Izumi, N, Khan, S, Kilkenny, J D, Kline, J, Knauer, J, Landen, O L, Ma, T, McNaney, J M, Mintz, M, Moore, A, Nikroo, A, Pak, A, Parham, T, Petrasso, R, Sayre, D B, Schneider, M B, Tommasini, R, Town, R P, Widmann, K, Wilson, D C, Yeamans, C B

“…We present the first results from an experimental campaign to measure the atomic ablator-gas mix in the deceleration phase of gas-filled capsule implosions on…”
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Fractionation of copper activation products in debris samples from the National Ignition Facility by Moody, K.J., Gharibyan, N., Shaughnessy, D.A., Grant, P.M., Yeamans, C.B., Despotopulos, J.D., Cerjan, C.J.

“…Nuclear fusion experiments performed at the National Ignition Facility produce radioactive debris, arising in reactions of fast neutrons with the target…”
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Measurement of the T + T neutron spectrum using the national ignition facility by Sayre, D B, Brune, C R, Caggiano, J A, Glebov, V Y, Hatarik, R, Bacher, A D, Bleuel, D L, Casey, D T, Cerjan, C J, Eckart, M J, Fortner, R J, Frenje, J A, Friedrich, S, Gatu-Johnson, M, Grim, G P, Hagmann, C, Knauer, J P, Kline, J L, McNabb, D P, McNaney, J M, Mintz, J M, Moran, M J, Nikroo, A, Phillips, T, Pino, J E, Remington, B A, Rowley, D P, Schneider, D H, Smalyuk, V A, Stoeffl, W, Tipton, R E, Weber, S V, Yeamans, C B

“…Neutron time-of-flight spectra from inertial confinement fusion experiments with tritium-filled targets have been measured at the National Ignition Facility…”
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Activation of enriched environmental xenon by 14-MeV neutrons by Ratkiewicz, A., Hopkins, L. Berzak, Bleuel, D. L., Cassata, W. S., Cerjan, C., Dauffy, L., London, R., Meeker, D., Velsko, C. A., Yeamans, C. B.

“…The international monitoring system exists to verify compliance with the terms of the comprehensive test ban treaty. About 10% of the member stations will be…”
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Publisher's Note: Development of improved radiation drive environment for high foot implosions at the National Ignition Facility [Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 225002 (2016)] by Hinkel, D E, Berzak Hopkins, L F, Ma, T, Ralph, J E, Albert, F, Benedetti, L R, Celliers, P M, Do Ppner, T, Goyon, C S, Izumi, N, Jarrott, L C, Khan, S F, Kline, J L, Kritcher, A L, Kyrala, G A, Nagel, S R, Pak, A E, Patel, P, Rosen, M D, Rygg, J R, Schneider, M B, Turnbull, D P, Yeamans, C B, Callahan, D A, Hurricane, O A

“…This corrects the article DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.225002…”
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First measurement of the $^{10}{\rm B}(\alpha,n)^{13}{\rm N}$ reaction in an inertial confinement fusion implosion at the National Ignition Facility: Initial steps toward the development of a radiochemistry mix diagnostic by Lonardoni, D, Sauppe, J. P, Batha, S. H, Birge, N, Bredeweg, T, Freeman, M, Geppert-Kleinrath, V, Gooden, M. E, Hayes, A. C, Huang, H, Jungman, G, Keenan, B. D, Kot, L, Meaney, K. D, Murphy, T, Velsko, C, Yeamans, C. B, Whitley, H. D, Wilde, C, Wilhelmy, J. B

“…We report the first measurement of the $^{10}{\rm B}(\alpha,n)^{13}{\rm N}$ reaction in a polar-direct-drive exploding pusher (PDXP) at the National Ignition…”
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Development of Improved Radiation Drive Environment for High Foot Implosions at the National Ignition Facility by Hinkel, D.  E., Berzak Hopkins, L.  F., Ma, T., Ralph, J.  E., Albert, F., Benedetti, L.  R., Celliers, P.  M., Döppner, T., Goyon, C.  S., Izumi, N., Jarrott, L.  C., Khan, S.  F., Kline, J.  L., Kritcher, A.  L., Kyrala, G.  A., Nagel, S.  R., Pak, A.  E., Patel, P., Rosen, M.  D., Rygg, J.  R., Schneider, M.  B., Turnbull, D.  P., Yeamans, C.  B., Callahan, D.  A., Hurricane, O.  A.

“…In this paper, analyses of high foot implosions show that performance is limited by the radiation drive environment, i.e., the hohlraum. Reported here are…”
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Determination of gaseous fission product yields from 14 MeV neutron induced fission of .sup.238U at the National Ignition Facility by Cassata, W. S, Velsko, C. A, Stoeffl, W, Jedlovec, D. R, Golod, A. B, Shaughnessy, D. A, Yeamans, C. B, Edwards, E. R, Schneider, D. H. G

“…We determined fission yields of xenon (.sup.133mXe, .sup.135Xe, .sup.135mXe, .sup.137Xe, .sup.138Xe, and .sup.139Xe) resulting from 14 MeV neutron induced…”
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Determination of gaseous fission product yields from 14 MeV neutron induced fission of 238U at the National Ignition Facility by Cassata, W. S., Velsko, C. A., Stoeffl, W., Jedlovec, D. R., Golod, A. B., Shaughnessy, D. A., Yeamans, C. B., Edwards, E. R., Schneider, D. H. G.

“…We determined fission yields of xenon ( 133m Xe, 135 Xe, 135m Xe, 137 Xe, 138 Xe, and 139 Xe) resulting from 14 MeV neutron induced fission of depleted uranium…”
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Measuring neutron yield and [rho]R anisotropies with activation foils at the National Ignition Facility by Bleuel, D L, Bernstein, L A, Bionta, R M, Cooper, G W, Drury, O B, Hagmann, C A, Knittel, K M, Leeper, R J, Ruiz, C L, Schneider, D HG, Yeamans, C B

“…Neutron yields at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) are measured with a suite of diagnostics, including activation of -20-200 g samples of materials…”
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Measuring neutron yield and ρR anisotropies with activation foils at the National Ignition Facility by Bleuel, D.L., Bernstein, L.A., Bionta, R.M., Cooper, G.W., Drury, O.B., Hagmann, C.A., Knittel, K.M., Leeper, R.J., Ruiz, C.L., Schneider, D.H.G., Yeamans, C.B.

“…Neutron yields at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) are measured with a suite of diagnostics, including activation of ∼20–200 g samples of materials…”
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