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Overview: Development of the National Ignition Facility and the Transition to a User Facility for the Ignition Campaign and High Energy Density Scientific Research
E. I. Moses, J. D. Lindl, M. L. Spaeth, R. W. Patterson, R. H. Sawicki, L. J. Atherton, P. A. Baisden, L. J. Lagin, D. W. Larson, B. J. MacGowan, G. H. Miller, D. C. Rardin, V. S. Roberts, B. M. Van Wonterghem, P. J. Wegner
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 1 | January-February 2016 | Pages 1-24
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-128
Description of the NIF Laser
M. L. Spaeth, K. R. Manes, D. H. Kalantar, P. E. Miller, J. E. Heebner, E. S. Bliss, D. R. Speck, T. G. Parham, P. K. Whitman, P. J. Wegner, P. A. Baisden, J. A. Menapace, M. W. Bowers, S. J. Cohen, T. I. Suratwala, J. M. Di Nicola, M. A. Newton, J. J. Adams, J. B. Trenholme, R. G. Finucane, R. E. Bonanno, D. C. Rardin, P. A. Arnold, S. N. Dixit, G. V. Erbert, A. C. Erlandson, J. E. Fair, E. Feigenbaum, W. H. Gourdin, R. A. Hawley, J. Honig, R. K. House, K. S. Jancaitis, K. N. LaFortune, D. W. Larson, B. J. Le Galloudec, J. D. Lindl, B. J. MacGowan, C. D. Marshall, K. P. McCandless, R. W. McCracken, R. C. Montesanti, E. I. Moses, M. C. Nostrand, J. A. Pryatel, V. S. Roberts, S. B. Rodriguez, A. W. Rowe, R. A. Sacks, J. T. Salmon, M. J. Shaw, S. Sommer, C. J. Stolz, G. L. Tietbohl, C. C. Widmayer, R. Zacharias
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 1 | January-February 2016 | Pages 25-145
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-144
Damage Mechanisms Avoided or Managed for NIF Large Optics
K. R. Manes, M. L. Spaeth, J. J. Adams, M. W. Bowers, J. D. Bude, C. W. Carr, A. D. Conder, D. A. Cross, S. G. Demos, J. M. G. Di Nicola, S. N. Dixit, E. Feigenbaum, R. G. Finucane, G. M. Guss, M. A. Henesian, J. Honig, D. H. Kalantar, L. M. Kegelmeyer, Z. M. Liao, B. J. MacGowan, M. J. Matthews, K. P. McCandless, N. C. Mehta, P. E. Miller, R. A. Negres, M. A. Norton, M. C. Nostrand, C. D. Orth, R. A. Sacks, M. J. Shaw, L. R. Siegel, C. J. Stolz, T. I. Suratwala, J. B. Trenholme, P. J. Wegner, P. K. Whitman, C. C. Widmayer, S. T. Yang
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 1 | January-February 2016 | Pages 146-249
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-139
Cleanliness for the NIF 1ω Laser Amplifiers
M. L. Spaeth, K. R. Manes, J. Honig
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 1 | January-February 2016 | Pages 250-264
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST14-861
Optics Recycle Loop Strategy for NIF Operations Above UV Laser-Induced Damage Threshold
M. L. Spaeth, P. J. Wegner, T. I. Suratwala, M. C. Nostrand, J. D. Bude, A. D. Conder, J. A. Folta, J. E. Heebner, L. M. Kegelmeyer, B. J. MacGowan, D. C. Mason, M. J. Matthews, P. K. Whitman
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 1 | January-February 2016 | Pages 265-294
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-119
Large Optics for the National Ignition Facility
P. A. Baisden, L. J. Atherton, R. A. Hawley, T. A. Land, J. A. Menapace, P. E. Miller, M. J. Runkel, M. L. Spaeth, C. J. Stolz, T. I. Suratwala, P. J. Wegner, L. L. Wong
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 1 | January-February 2016 | Pages 295-351
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-143
Control and Information Systems for the National Ignition Facility
G. Brunton, A. Casey, M. Christensen, R. Demaret, M. Fedorov, M. Flegel, P. Folta, T. Frazier, M. Hutton, L. Kegelmeyer, L. Lagin, P. Ludwigsen, R. Reed, D. Speck, K. Wilhelmsen
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 1 | January-February 2016 | Pages 352-365
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-164
National Ignition Facility Laser System Performance
Mary L. Spaeth, Kenneth R. Manes, M. Bowers, P. Celliers, J.-M. Di Nicola, P. Di Nicola, S. Dixit, G. Erbert, J. Heebner, D. Kalantar, O. Landen, B. MacGowan, B. Van Wonterghem, P. Wegner, C. Widmayer, S. Yang
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 1 | January-February 2016 | Pages 366-394
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-136
Target Development for the National Ignition Campaign
A. V. Hamza, A. Nikroo, E. Alger, N. Antipa, L. J. Atherton, D. Barker, S. Baxamusa, S. Bhandarkar, T. Biesiada, E. Buice, E. Carr, C. Castro, C. Choate, A. Conder, J. Crippen, R. Dylla-Spears, E. Dzenitis, S. Eddinger, M. Emerich, J. Fair, M. Farrell, S. Felker, J. Florio, A. Forsman, E. Giraldez, N. Hein, D. Hoover, J. Horner, H. Huang, B. Kozioziemski, J. Kroll, B. Lawson, S. A. Letts, D. Lord, E. Mapoles, M. Mauldin, P. Miller, R. Montesanti, K. Moreno, T. Parham, B. Nathan, J. Reynolds, J. Sater, K. Segraves, R. Seugling, M. Stadermann, R. Strauser, R. Stephens, T. I. Suratwala, M. Swisher, J. S. Taylor, R. Wallace, P. Wegner, H. Wilkens, B. Yoxall
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 1 | January-February 2016 | Pages 395-406
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-163
Cryogenic Target System for Hydrogen Layering
T. Parham, B. Kozioziemski, D. Atkinson, P. Baisden, L. Bertolini, K. Boehm, A. Chernov, K. Coffee, F. Coffield, R. Dylla-Spears, O. Edwards, J. Fair, M. Fedorov, J. Fry, C. Gibson, B. Haid, D. Holunga, T. Kohut, T. Lewis, T. Malsbury, E. Mapoles, J. Sater, K. Skulina, D. Trummer, C. Walters
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 1 | January-February 2016 | Pages 407-419
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-162
The National Ignition Facility Diagnostic Set at the Completion of the National Ignition Campaign, September 2012
J. D. Kilkenny, P. M. Bell, D. K. Bradley, D. L. Bleuel, J. A. Caggiano, E. L. Dewald, W. W. Hsing, D. H. Kalantar, R. L. Kauffman, D. J. Larson, J. D. Moody, D. H. Schneider, M. B. Schneider, D. A. Shaughnessy, R. T. Shelton, W. Stoeffl, K. Widmann, C. B. Yeamans, S. H. Batha, G. P. Grim, H. W. Herrmann, F. E. Merrill, R. J. Leeper, J. A. Oertel, T. C. Sangster, D. H. Edgell, M. Hohenberger, V. Yu. Glebov, S. P. Regan, J. A. Frenje, M. Gatu-Johnson, R. D. Petrasso, H. G. Rinderknecht, A. B. Zylstra, G. W. Cooper, C. Ruiz
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 1 | January-February 2016 | Pages 420-451
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-173
Operations on the National Ignition Facility
Bruno M. Van Wonterghem, Sandra J. Brereton, Robert F. Burr, Peg Folta, Diane L. Hardy, Nicholas N. Jize, Thomas R. Kohut, Terry A. Land, Bernard T. Merritt
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 1 | January-February 2016 | Pages 452-469
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-118
Requirements for Triggering the ITER Disruption Mitigation System
P. C. de Vries, G. Pautasso, D. Humphreys, M. Lehnen, S. Maruyama, J. A. Snipes, A. Vergara, L. Zabeo
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 2 | April 2016 | Pages 471-484
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-176
Disruption Prediction on JET During the ILW Experimental Campaigns
R. Moreno, J. Vega, S. Dormido-Canto, A. Pereira, A. Murari, JET Contributors
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 2 | April 2016 | Pages 485-494
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-167
Tokamak Plasma Boundary Reconstruction Using Toroidal Harmonics and an Optimal Control Method
Blaise Faugeras
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 2 | April 2016 | Pages 495-504
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-171
Minimum Fisher Tikhonov Regularization Adapted to Real-Time Tomography
V. Loffelmann, J. Mlynar, M. Imrisek, D. Mazon, A. Jardin, V. Weinzettl, M. Hron
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 2 | April 2016 | Pages 505-513
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-180
Inversion Methods of the Balmer-α Line Profile for Hydrogen Atom Density Evaluation in High-Temperature Plasmas
Keisuke Fujii, Motoshi Goto, Shigeru Morita, Masahiro Hasuo
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 2 | April 2016 | Pages 514-525
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-168
Coupling of the Flux Diffusion Equation with the Equilibrium Reconstruction at ASDEX Upgrade
R. Fischer, A. Bock, M. Dunne, J. C. Fuchs, L. Giannone, K. Lackner, P. J. McCarthy, E. Poli, R. Preuss, M. Rampp, M. Schubert, J. Stober, W. Suttrop, G. Tardini, M. Weiland, ASDEX Upgrade Team
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 2 | April 2016 | Pages 526-536
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-185
On the Validation of Gyrokinetic L-Mode Simulations
T. Görler, A. E. White, D. Told, F. Jenko, C. Holland, T. L. Rhodes
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 2 | April 2016 | Pages 537-545
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-182
An In Situ Spectral Calibration Method for the Thomson Scattering Diagnostic for New Fusion Experiments
Hiroshi Tojo, Takaki Hatae, Kiyoshi Itami
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 2 | April 2016 | Pages 546-554
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-179
Validation of Toroidal Rotation and Ion Temperature in KSTAR Plasmas
S. G. Lee, H. H. Lee, W. H. Ko, J. W. Yoo, KSTAR Team
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 2 | April 2016 | Pages 555-559
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-174
Forward Modeling of X-Ray Imaging Crystal Spectrometers Within the Minerva Bayesian Analysis Framework
A. Langenberg, J. Svensson, H. Thomsen, O. Marchuk, N. A. Pablant, R. Burhenn, R. C. Wolf
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 2 | April 2016 | Pages 560-567
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-181
Surface Temperature Measurement of In-Vessel Components and Its Real-Time Validation
A. Herrmann, B. Sieglin, M. Faitsch, ASDEX Upgrade Team
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 3 | May 2016 | Pages 569-579
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-187
Real-Time Infrared Thermography at ASDEX Upgrade
B. Sieglin, M. Faitsch, A. Herrmann, S. Martinov, T. Eich, ASDEX Upgrade Team
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 3 | May 2016 | Pages 580-585
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-183
A First Approach Toward Bayesian Estimation of Turbulent Plasma Properties from Reflectometry
G. Hornung, A. Shabbir, G. Verdoolaege
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 3 | May 2016 | Pages 586-594
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-192
Concept and Current Status of Data Acquisition Technique for GEM Detector–Based SXR Diagnostics
A. Wojenski, K. Pozniak, G. Kasprowicz, W. Zabolotny, A. Byszuk, P. Zienkiewicz, M. Chernyshova, T. Czarski
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 3 | May 2016 | Pages 595-604
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-189
Gaussian Processes for SOLPS Data Emulation
R. Preuss, U von Toussaint
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 3 | May 2016 | Pages 605-610
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-178
Evaluation of Epsilon-Net Calculated Equilibrium Reconstruction Error Bars in the European Integrated Modeling Platform
R. Coelho, S. Matejcik, P. McCarthy, E. P. Suchkov, F. S. Zaitsev, EU-IM Team, ASDEX Upgrade Team
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 3 | May 2016 | Pages 611-619
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-177
Synthetic Fast Ion Diagnostics in Tokamaks: Comparing the Monte Carlo Test Particle Code ASCOT Against Experiments
Simppa Äkäslompolo, Taina Kurki-Suonio, Seppo Sipilä, ASCOT Group
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 3 | May 2016 | Pages 620-627
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-184
Synthetic H-Alpha Diagnostics for ITER: Inverse Problems and Error Estimations for Strong Non-Maxwellian Effects and Intense Divertor Stray Light
A. B. Kukushkin, V. S. Neverov, A. G. Alekseev, S. W. Lisgo, A. S. Kukushkin
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 3 | May 2016 | Pages 628-642
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-186
GPU-Based Data Processing for 2-D Microwave Imaging on MAST
J. C. Chorley, R. J. Akers, K. J. Brunner, N. A. Dipper, S. J. Freethy, R. M. Sharples, V. F. Shevchenko, D. A. Thomas, R. G. L. Vann
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 3 | May 2016 | Pages 643-654
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-188
Development of the In Situ Calibration Method for ITER Divertor IR Thermography
Masaki Takeuchi, Tatsuo Sugie, Shigeharu Takeyama, Kiyoshi Itami
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 69 | Number 3 | May 2016 | Pages 655-665
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-191