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Inertial Confinement Fusion at Los Alamos–The Pursuit of Ignition and Science-Based Stockpile Stewardship

Cris W. Barnes, D. Baker, B. Bauer, J. B. Beck, R. Berggren, R. E. Chrien, M. Clover, J. Cobble, C. A. Coverdale, M. Cray, N. Delamater, D. DuBois, B. H. Failor, J. C. Fernández, L. Foreman, R. Gibson, P. Gobby, S. Goldman, D. Harris, A. Hauer, J. Hoffer, N. Hoffman, W. W. Hsing, R. Johnson, G. Kyrala, E. Lindman, G. Magelssen, R. Mason, D. Montgomery, T. J. Murphy, J. Oertel, D. P. Smitherman, F. Swenson, G. Pollak, H. Rose, K. Schoenberg, M. S. Sorem, D. Tubbs, W. Varnum, H. Vu, J. Wallace, R. Watt, B. Wilde, M. Wilke, D. Wilson, W. M. Wood

Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 497-503

National Ignition Facility | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11962989

Published:February 8, 2018

Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.

Los Alamos National Laboratory is contributing to the core science and technology of the inertial confinement fusion program leading to the National Ignition Facility. Short summaries of a sample of recent experimental and related theoretical work are presented.