The National Ignition Facility (NIF) [E. I. Moses, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 112, 012003 (2008); https://lasers.llnl.gov/], completed in March 2009, is the highest energy laser ever constructed. The high temperatures and densities achievable at NIF will enable a number of experiments in inertial confinement fusion and stockpile stewardship, as well as access to new regimes in a variety of experiments relevant to x-ray astronomy, laser-plasma interactions, hydrodynamic instabilities, nuclear astrophysics, and planetary science. The experiments will impact research on black holes and other accreting objects, the understanding of stellar evolution and explosions, nuclear reactions in dense plasmas relevant to stellar nucleosynthesis, properties of warm dense matter in planetary interiors, molecular cloud dynamics and star formation, and fusion energy generation.
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April 22 2009
The National Ignition Facility: Ushering in a new age for high energy density science Available to Purchase
E. I. Moses;
E. I. Moses
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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R. N. Boyd;
R. N. Boyd
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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B. A. Remington;
B. A. Remington
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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C. J. Keane;
C. J. Keane
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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R. Al-Ayat
R. Al-Ayat
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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E. I. Moses
R. N. Boyd
B. A. Remington
C. J. Keane
R. Al-Ayat
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
, Livermore, California 94550, USA
Phys. Plasmas 16, 041006 (2009)
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Received:
September 02 2008
Accepted:
December 29 2008
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E. I. Moses, R. N. Boyd, B. A. Remington, C. J. Keane, R. Al-Ayat; The National Ignition Facility: Ushering in a new age for high energy density science. Phys. Plasmas 1 April 2009; 16 (4): 041006. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3116505
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