Joseph Michael Smidt

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First indirectly driven liquid-DT filled double shell implosions at the National Ignition Facility

by Sasikumar Palaniyappan, Eric Nicholas Loomis, Joshua Paul Sauppe, Sara Danielle Negussie, Ryan Lauritz Scott, Harry F. III Robey, Nikolaus Scott Christiansen, Patrick Mark Donovan, Chun-Shang Wong and Lynn Kot ... (69 authors)

First online publication 10/07/2025

Physics of Plasmas, 32, 10, 102706

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Evaluation of the relative importance of preheat from hohlraum x rays and a radiative shock on a low-density foam

by Yong Ho Kim, Carlos Di Stefano, Pawel Marek Kozlowski, Brian Michael Haines, Thomas Joseph Murphy, Mark A. Gunderson, Thomas H. Day, M. Brophy, Richard Edward Olson and M. R. Douglas ... (14 authors)

Published 11/2023

Physics of Plasmas, 30, 11, 112701

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Influence of mass ablation on ignition and burn propagation in layered fusion capsules

by William Scott Daughton, Brian James Albright, Sean Michael Finnegan, Brian Michael Haines, John L. Kline, Joshua Paul Sauppe and Joseph Michael Smidt

Published 01/2023

Physics of Plasmas, 30, 1, 12704

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A mechanism for reduced compression in indirectly driven layered capsule implosions

by Brian Michael Haines, Joshua Paul Sauppe, Brian James Albright, William Scott Daughton, Sean Michael Finnegan, John L. Kline and Joseph Michael Smidt

Published 04/2022

Physics of Plasmas, 29, 4, 42704

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Experimental quantification of the impact of heterogeneous mix on thermonuclear burn

by B. J. Albright, T. J. Murphy, B. M. Haines, M. R. Douglas, J. H. Cooley, T. H. Day, N. A. Denissen, C. Di Stefano, P. Donovan and S. L. Edwards ... (37 authors)

Published 02/01/2022

Physics of plasmas, 29, 2, 022702

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Results from single-shock Marble experiments studying thermonuclear burn in the presence of heterogeneous mix on the National Ignition Facility

by Thomas Joseph Murphy, Brian James Albright, Melissa Rae Douglas, Tana Cardenas, James Hamilton Cooley, Thomas H. Day, Nicholas Allen Denissen, Robert Allen Gore, Mark A. Gunderson and Jeffrey Robert Haack ... (23 authors)

Published 03/2021

High Energy Density Physics, 38, 100929

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Experimental validation of shock propagation through a foam with engineered macro-pores

by Yong Ho Kim, Thomas Joseph Murphy, Pawel Marek Kozlowski, Lauren Maranne Green, Brian Michael Haines, Thomas H. Day, Tana Morrow, Douglas Nelson (Doug) Woods, Joseph Michael Smidt and Melissa Rae Douglas ... (15 authors)

Published 01/2021

Physics of Plasmas, 28, 1, 012702

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First observation of increased DT yield over prediction due to addition of hydrogen

by Yong Ho Kim, Hans W. Herrmann, Nelson M. Hoffman, Mark J. Schmitt, Grigory Kagan, A. M. McEvoy, A. Zylstra, Joseph Michael Smidt, S. Gales and A. Leatherland ... (15 authors)

Published 01/2021

Physics of Plasmas, 28, 1, 012707

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Observation of persistent species temperature separation in inertial confinement fusion mixtures

by Brian Michael Haines, Rahul C Shah, Joseph Michael Smidt, Brian James Albright, Tana Cardenas, Melissa Rae Douglas, Chad Forrest, Vladimir Yu Glebov, Mark A. Gunderson and Christopher Eric Hamilton ... (19 authors)

Published 12/2020

Nature Communications, 11, 1, 544

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The rate of development of atomic mixing and temperature equilibration in inertial confinement fusion implosions

by Brian Michael Haines, R. C. Shah, Joseph Michael Smidt, Brian James Albright, Tana Cardenas, Melissa Rae Douglas, C. Forrest, V. Yu. Glebov, Mark A. Gunderson and Christopher Eric Hamilton ... (19 authors)

Published 10/2020

Physics of Plasmas, 27, 10, 102701