March/April edition of ANS journal Fusion Science and Technology available

FST is the leading journal of information on fusion plasma and plasma engineering and is edited by Nermin Uckan.

The March/April issue contains the following peer-reviewed articles:

• NIF Ignition Campaign Target Performance and Requirements: Status May 2012, by S. W. Haan, J. Atherton, D. S. Clark, B. A. Hammel, D. A. Callahan et al.

• Developing High-Temperature Laser-Driven Half Hohlraums for High-Energy-Density Physics Experiments at the National Ignition Facility, by A. S. Moore, J. Morton, T. Guymer, N. Bazin, C. Bentley et al.

• Low-Mode Target Lifetime: Experimental Results, by Michel Martin, Cyril Gauvin, Géraldine Moll, Olivier Raphaël, Olivier Legaie, Laurent Jeannot

• Micron-Scaled Defects on Cryogenic Targets: An Assessment of Condensate Sources, by W. T. Shmayda, D. R. Harding, V. A. Versteeg, C. Kingsley, M. Hallgren, S. J. Loucks

• Considerations and Requirements for Providing Cryogenic Targets for Direct-Drive Inertial Fusion Implosions at the National Ignition Facility, by D. R. Harding, M. D. Wittman, D. H. Edgell

• Ultrafine Fuel Layers for Application to ICF/IFE Targets, by I. V. Aleksandrova, I. E. Osipov, E. R. Koresheva, T. P. Timasheva, S. M. Tolokonnikov et al.

• Compensating for Target Motion Between Seed Pulse and Phase Conjugate Beam Arrival Times at the Target, by Nobukazu Kameyama, Hiroki Yoshida

• Stress- and Radiation-Induced Swelling in Plastic Capsules, by D. R. Harding, W. T. Shmayda

• Optimizations in Sputtering Glass as Permeation Barrier for Laser Targets, by S. Le Tacon, F. Durut, C. Chicanne, V. Brunet

• Atomic Layer Deposition Coating for Permeation Half-Life Control of GDP Ablator Capsules, by M. Schoff, D. Steinman, A. Alberti, H. Huang, A. Nikroo

• Oxygen Profile Determination in NIF GDP Capsules Using Contact Radiography, by H. Huang, D. M. Haas, Y. T Lee, J. J. Wu, K. A. Moreno et al.

• Automated ICF Capsule Characterization Using Confocal Surface Profilometry, by N. A. Antipa, S. H. Baxamusa, E. S. Buice, A. D. Conder, M. N. Emerich et al.

• Advancements in Capsule Surface Defect Characterization, by D. M. Haas, H. Huang, A. Q. L. Nguyen, K. Sequoia, R. B. Stephens et al.

• A Solvent Cleaning Process for the Outer Surface of Plastic ICF Capsules, by S. H. Baxamusa, S. D. Bhandarkar, J. L. Reynolds, B. Maranville, J. Horner et al.

• Novel Strategies to Remove Particulate Contamination from Ablator Capsule Surface, by S. Bhandarkar, J. Reynolds, S. Letts, S. Baxamusa, E. Lindsey

• Inhomogeneous Copper Diffusion in NIF Beryllium Ablator Capsules, by H. Huang, H. W. Xu, K. P. Youngblood, D. R. Wall, R. B. Stephens et al.

• Characterization of Thin Copper Diffusion Barrier Layer in Beryllium Capsules, by H. Xu, K. P. Youngblood, H. Huang, J. J. Wu, K. A. Moreno

• Thin Oxides as a Copper Diffusion Barrier for NIF Beryllium Ablator Capsules, by K. P. Youngblood, H. Huang, H. W. Xu, J. Hayes, K. A. Moreno

• Process Control Improvements for Production of Depleted Uranium Hohlraums, by H. Streckert, K. Blobaum, B. Chen, J. E. Fair, N. Hein

• Production Manufacturing of Gold-Depleted Uranium Layered Hohlraums for the National Ignition Facility, by N. A. Hein, H. L. Wilkens, A. Nikroo, H.-C. B. Chen, H. H. Streckert et al.

• Developments in Fabrication and Characterization of Gold/Boron-Lined Gold Hohlraums, by J. S. Jaquez, A. Nikroo, N. A. Hein, W. Sweet

• Characterization of Blistering and Delamination in Depleted Uranium Hohlraums, by K. J. M. Blobaum, M. Stadermann, J. E. Fair, N. E. Teslich, M. A. Wall et al.

• Fabrication and Metrology Challenges in Making Thin, Hollow, Silver Spherical Halfraum Targets for EPEC Experiments on the National Ignition Facility, by E. M. Giraldez, P. B. Mirkarimi, J. A. Emig, K. B. Fournier, H. Huang et al.

• Utilizing Conventional Machining Tools with Customized Machining Techniques to Manufacture Multifaceted Targets, by K. A. D. Obrey, F. Fierro, J. Martinez, R. Randolph, D. W. Schmidt

• Fabrication Improvements of the Aluminum Unconverted Light Shields for the National Ignition Campaign, by J. F. Hund, J. W. Crippen, K. Clark, N. Martinez, D. J. Jasion et al.

• Hexagonally Arranged Nanopore Film Fabricated via Selective Etching by 172-nm Vacuum Ultraviolet Light Irradiation, by Motonori Komura, Kaori Kamata, Tomokazu Iyoda, Keiji Nagai

• Ultrathin Polymer Films for Short-Pulse Laser-Driven Proton, Deuteron, and Carbon Ion Beams, by Christopher E. Hamilton, Nickolaus A. Smith, Kimberly A. Defriend Obrey

• Fabrication of Thin CH and CD Films and Patterned Films Using a Heat Press Technique for the NIF and Omega Magnetic Recoil Neutron Spectrometer, by R. R. Paguio, D. J. Jasion, K. M. Saito, M. E. Schoff, R. M. Jimenez et al.

• Developments in Microcoining Rippled Metal Foils, by Greg C. Randall, James Vecchio, Jack Knipping, Don Wall, Tane Remington et al.

• Recent Advances in the Fabrication of Very Thick, Multistepped Iron and Tantalum Films for EOS Targets, by P. B. Mirkarimi, K. A. Bettencourt, N. E. Teslich, S. C. Peterson

• Using an Interferometric Profiler and Gage Block to Determine Sample Thickness, by K. Tomlinson, D. G. Schroen

• Neutron Generator Using Spherical Targets on a Rotating Disk Irradiated with an Ultraintense Laser at 1.25 Hz, by Osamu Komeda, Yoshitaka Mori, Ryouhei Hanayama, Shinichiro Okihara, Kazuhisa Fujita et al.

• Adsorption of Ambient Moisture by Silica Aerogel, by Christopher E. Hamilton, Nickolaus A. Smith, Jon R. Schoonover, Kimberly A. Defriend Obrey, Nicholas Bazin, Tina Jewell

• Innovations in Target Fabrication Techniques at the University of Michigan, by S. R. Klein, E. J. Gamboa, C. M. Huntington, C. C. Kuranz, P. Susalla et al.

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