Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) has existed as a field of study since the 1970s, but the field
was born out of the Cold War. In the decades since the 1960s, pioneering research …

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 the primary source of …

For more than half a century, researchers around the world have been engaged in attempts
to achieve fusion ignition as a proof of principle of various fusion concepts. Following the …

Data-driven science and technology offer transformative tools and methods to science. This
review article highlights the latest development and progress in the interdisciplinary field of …

On December 5, 2022, an indirect drive fusion implosion on the National Ignition Facility
(NIF) achieved a target gain G target of 1.5. This is the first laboratory demonstration of …

In a burning plasma state,,,,,–, alpha particles from deuterium–tritium fusion reactions
redeposit their energy and are the dominant source of heating. This state has recently been …

Inertial confinement fusion seeks to create burning plasma conditions in a spherical capsule
implosion, which requires efficiently absorbing the driver energy in the capsule, transferring …

ABSTRACT HYBRID-E is an inertial confinement fusion implosion design that increases
energy coupled to the hot spot by increasing the capsule scale in cylindrical hohlraums …

We present the design of the first igniting fusion plasma in the laboratory by Lawson's
criterion that produced 1.37 MJ of fusion energy, Hybrid-E experiment N210808 (August 8 …

The locus of National Ignition Facility (NIF) inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosion data,
in hot-spot burn-average areal density (ρR) and Brysk temperature (T) space, is shown and …