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Achievement of Target Gain Larger than Unity in an Inertial Fusion Experiment.
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Abu-Shawareb H Acree R Adams P Adams J Addis B Aden R Adrian P Afeyan BB Aggleton M Aghaian L Aguirre A Aikens D Akre J Albert F Albrecht M Albright BJ Albritton J Alcala J Alday C Alessi DA Alexander N Alfonso J Alfonso N Alger E Ali SJ Ali ZA Allen A Alley WE Amala P Amendt PA Amick P Ammula S Amorin C Ampleford DJ Anderson RW Anklam T Antipa N Appelbe B Aracne-Ruddle C Araya E Archuleta TN Arend M Arnold P Arnold T Arsenlis A Asay J Atherton LJ Atkinson D Atkinson R Auerbach JM Austin B Auyang L Awwal AAS Aybar N Ayers J Ayers S Ayers T Azevedo S Bachmann B Back CA Bae J Bailey DS Bailey J Baisden T Baker KL Baldis H Barber D Barberis M Barker D Barnes A Barnes CW Barrios MA Barty C Bass I Batha SH Baxamusa SH Bazan G Beagle JK Beale R Beck BR Beck JB Bedzyk M Beeler RG Beeler RG Behrendt W Belk L Bell P Belyaev M Benage JF Bennett G Benedetti LR Benedict LX Berger RL Bernat T Bernstein LA Berry B Bertolini L Besenbruch G Betcher J Bettenhausen R Betti R Bezzerides B Bhandarkar SD 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Source :
Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2024 Feb 09; Vol. 132 (6), pp. 065102.
Publication Year :
2024
Abstract
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 exceeding "scientific breakeven" (or G_{target}>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.
Details
Language :
English
ISSN :
1079-7114
Volume :
132
Issue :
6
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Physical review letters
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
38394591
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.065102