Achievement of Target Gain Larger than Unity in an Inertial Fusion Experiment

H. Abu-Shawareb; L. Pickworth; J.D. Zuegel; A.B. Zylstra; MAX IV, BO; Pawel Marek Kozlowski; John Mitchell Scott; Jeffrey Alan Paisner; Sunghwan Yi; Kimberly Ann DeFriend; Thomas H Day; Hans W. Herrmann; Jonathan Brewster Workman; Robert Gregory Watt; James Karl Hoffer; Matthew Stouten Freeman; Lynn Kot; Brian Michael Haines; Baolian Cheng; Glenn R Magelssen; Tom J Sedillo; Lee A. Collins; William J. Krauser; Douglas Carl Wilson; Melissa Rae Douglas; Donald F Dubois; Nikolaus Scott Christiansen; David Lee Tubbs; John L Kline; Christopher Russell Danly; Eric Nicholas Loomis; Paul Arthur Keiter; David Montgomery; Elizabeth Catherine Merritt; Robert Dean Day; Kirk Adler Flippo; Steven H Batha; Paul Andrew Bradley; Ryan Foster Sacks; Bernhard Heinz Wilde; Heather Marie Johns; Carl Huerstel Wilde; Frank Edward Merrill; Jason Christopher Cooley; James R Fincke; Mark David Wilke; Hermann Geppert-Kleinrath; Carlton S Young; Thomas J. T Kwan; James Allen Cobble; Joshua Paul Sauppe; Anna Catherine Hayes-Sterbenz; Sasikumar Palaniyappan; Scott Cameron Evans; Guy Dimonte; Harold Justin Jorgenson; Noah Watson Birge; Michael S Sorem; Sean Michael Finnegan; Derek William Schmidt; Bandel Bezzerides; Jeffrey Randall Griego; Harry F Robey; Petr Lvovich Volegov; Sanford Robert Goldman; Lin Yin; George Amine Kyrala; Richard Edward Olson; Tana Morrow; Theodore Sonne Perry; Yong Ho Kim; Rodney J Mason; Cris William Barnes; Gottfried T Schappert; Natalia Sergeevna Vinyard; Tiffany Desjardins; Norman David Delamater; John A Oertel; Frederick Joseph Wysocki; Valerie E Fatherley; Ramon J Leeper; Robert P Weaver; Evan S. Dodd; James R Langenbrunner; Stephen E Caldwell; Nelson M. Hoffman; Keith Stanley Bradley; Joel David Kress; Andrei N Simakov; Darrell Lee Peterson; Verena Geppert-Kleinrath; Juan Carlos Fernandez; Stephen B Kemic; Brian James Albright; Nicholas Edward Lanier; Thomas Joseph Murphy; Leslie Welser Sherrill; Joseph M Mack; Thomas Nick Archuleta; Kevin Daniel Meaney; Kim Molvig; Mora Durocher; David Dietrich Meyerhofer; Aaron Matthew McEvoy; Robert Ross Peterson

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Achievement of Target Gain Larger than Unity in an Inertial Fusion Experiment

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Achievement of Target Gain Larger than Unity in an Inertial Fusion Experiment

H. Abu-Shawareb, L. Pickworth, J.D. Zuegel, A.B. Zylstra, MAX IV, BO, Pawel Marek Kozlowski, John Mitchell Scott, Jeffrey Alan Paisner, Sunghwan Yi, Kimberly Ann DeFriend, …

Physical review letters, Vol.132(6), p.065102

02/09/2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.065102

PMID: 38394591

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Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics

Fusion, plasma och rymdfysik

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Physical Sciences

On December 5, 2022, an indirect drive fusion implosion on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) achieved a target gain Gtarget of 1.5. This is the first laboratory demonstration of exceeding "scientific breakeven"(or Gtarget>1) where 2.05 MJ of 351 nm laser light produced 3.1 MJ of total fusion yield, a result which significantly exceeds the Lawson criterion for fusion ignition as reported in a previous NIF implosion [H. Abu-Shawareb et al. (Indirect Drive ICF Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 075001 (2022)PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.129.075001]. This achievement is the culmination of more than five decades of research and gives proof that laboratory fusion, based on fundamental physics principles, is possible. This Letter reports on the target, laser, design, and experimental advancements that led to this result.

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Title: Achievement of Target Gain Larger than Unity in an Inertial Fusion Experiment
Authors/Creators - name: H. Abu-Shawareb
L. Pickworth
J.D. Zuegel
A.B. Zylstra
MAX IV, BO
Pawel Marek Kozlowski
John Mitchell Scott
Jeffrey Alan Paisner
Sunghwan Yi
Kimberly Ann DeFriend
Thomas H Day
Hans W. Herrmann
Jonathan Brewster Workman
Robert Gregory Watt
James Karl Hoffer
Matthew Stouten Freeman
Lynn Kot
Brian Michael Haines
Baolian Cheng
Glenn R Magelssen
Tom J Sedillo
Lee A. Collins
William J. Krauser
Douglas Carl Wilson
Melissa Rae Douglas
Donald F Dubois
Nikolaus Scott Christiansen
David Lee Tubbs
John L Kline
Christopher Russell Danly
Eric Nicholas Loomis
Paul Arthur Keiter
David Montgomery
Elizabeth Catherine Merritt
Robert Dean Day
Kirk Adler Flippo
Steven H Batha
Paul Andrew Bradley
Ryan Foster Sacks
Bernhard Heinz Wilde
Heather Marie Johns
Carl Huerstel Wilde
Frank Edward Merrill
Jason Christopher Cooley
James R Fincke
Mark David Wilke
Hermann Geppert-Kleinrath
Carlton S Young
Thomas J. T Kwan
James Allen Cobble
Joshua Paul Sauppe
Anna Catherine Hayes-Sterbenz
Sasikumar Palaniyappan
Scott Cameron Evans
Guy Dimonte
Harold Justin Jorgenson
Noah Watson Birge
Michael S Sorem
Sean Michael Finnegan
Derek William Schmidt
Bandel Bezzerides
Jeffrey Randall Griego
Harry F Robey
Petr Lvovich Volegov
Sanford Robert Goldman
Lin Yin
George Amine Kyrala
Richard Edward Olson
Tana Morrow
Theodore Sonne Perry
Yong Ho Kim
Rodney J Mason
Cris William Barnes
Gottfried T Schappert
Natalia Sergeevna Vinyard
Tiffany Desjardins
Norman David Delamater
John A Oertel
Frederick Joseph Wysocki
Valerie E Fatherley
Ramon J Leeper
Robert P Weaver
Evan S. Dodd
James R Langenbrunner
Stephen E Caldwell
Nelson M. Hoffman
Keith Stanley Bradley
Joel David Kress
Andrei N Simakov
Darrell Lee Peterson
Verena Geppert-Kleinrath
Juan Carlos Fernandez
Stephen B Kemic
Brian James Albright
Nicholas Edward Lanier
Thomas Joseph Murphy
Leslie Welser Sherrill
Joseph M Mack
Thomas Nick Archuleta
Kevin Daniel Meaney
Kim Molvig
Mora Durocher
David Dietrich Meyerhofer
Aaron Matthew McEvoy
Robert Ross Peterson
Publication Details: Physical review letters, Vol.132(6), p.065102
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.065102
Publication ISSN: 0031-9007; 1079-7114