NIF diagnostics played key role in fusion milestone
Third in a series of articles describing aspects of the National Ignition Facility’s record-breaking 1.3-megajoule experiment.
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‘Hybrid’ experiments drive NIF toward ignition
Second in a series of articles describing aspects of the National Ignition Facility’s record-breaking 1.3-megajoule experiment.
Building to a solution: the elements of a fusion breakthrough
First in a series of articles describing aspects of the National Ignition Facility’s record-breaking 1.3-megajoule experiment.
Three Laboratory scientists honored as APS fellows
Three Lawrence Livermore physicists have been selected as 2021 fellows of the American Physical Society.
Shock waves in outflow gases could regulate ‘volcano lightning’
Livermore scientists and collaborators discovered that standing shock waves in the supersonic outflow of gases prevent electric discharges like sparks and lightning from propagating.
Lawrence Livermore researchers focus on fast flows in thermonuclear fusion
Livermore researchers investigate a “low-mode” laser asymmetry that was significantly degrading performance at the National Ignition Facility.
Come on in, the water is superionic
Livermore scientists have developed a new approach using machine learning to study the phase behaviors of superionic water with unprecedented resolution.
How tantalum behaves at high pressure and temperature
Researchers studied the melting behavior of tantalum at multi-megabar pressures on the nanosecond timescale.
Diagnostic capability allows scientists to create x-ray movies
Livermore scientists are working on a new diagnostic capability that will provide, for the first time, the ability to make x-ray radiographic movies.
National Ignition Facility experiment puts researchers at threshold of fusion ignition
On Aug. 8, 2021, an experiment at Lawrence Livermore’s National Ignition Facility made a significant step toward ignition, achieving a yield of more than 1.3 megajoules.