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Burning plasma achieved in inertial fusion
A burning plasma, a critical step towards self-sustaining fusion, is achieved at the US National Ignition Facility, with a subset of experiments demonstrating fusion self-heating beyond radiation and conduction losses.
- A. B. Zylstra
- , O. A. Hurricane
- & G. B. Zimmerman
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Perspective |
The data-driven future of high-energy-density physics
This Perspective discusses how high-energy-density physics could tap the potential of AI-inspired algorithms for extracting relevant information and how data-driven automatic control routines may be used for optimizing high-repetition-rate experiments.
- Peter W. Hatfield
- , Jim A. Gaffney
- & Ben Williams
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A measurement of the equation of state of carbon envelopes of white dwarfs
Researchers have measured the equation of state of hydrocarbon in a high-density regime, which is necessary for accurate modelling of the oscillations of white dwarf stars.
- Andrea L. Kritcher
- , Damian C. Swift
- & Siegfried H. Glenzer
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Atomic inner-shell laser at 1.5-ångström wavelength pumped by an X-ray free-electron laser
A copper target is used to achieve an atomic laser in the hard-X-ray regime with strong amplified spontaneous coherent emission at a wavelength ten times shorter than previous lasers have achieved.
- Hitoki Yoneda
- , Yuichi Inubushi
- & Makina Yabashi
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Fuel gain exceeding unity in an inertially confined fusion implosion
Fusion fuel gains greater than unity — which are crucial to the generation of fusion energy — are achieved on the US National Ignition Facility using the ‘high-foot’ implosion method, which reduces instability in the implosion of the fuel.
- O. A. Hurricane
- , D. A. Callahan
- & R. Tommasini
Observing the onset of pressure-driven K-shell delocalization