National Diagnostic Working Group (NDWG) for inertial confinement fusion (ICF)/high-energy density (HED) science: The whole exceeds the sum of its parts

The National Diagnostic Working Group (NDWG) has led the effort to fully exploit the major inertial confinement fusion/high-energy density facilities in the US with the best available diagnostics. These diagnostics provide key data used to falsify early theories for ignition and suggest new theories...

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Published in:Review of Scientific Instruments 2023-08, Vol.94 (8)
Main Authors: Kilkenny, J. D., Hsing, W. W., Batha, S. H., Rochau, G. A., Sangster, T. C., Bell, P. M., Bradley, D. K., Chen, H., Frenje, J. A., Gatu-Johnson, M., Glebov, V. Yu, Leeper, R. J., Mackinnon, A. J., Regan, S. P., Ross, J. S., Weaver, J. l.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
Diagnostic systems
Gamma ray spectroscopy
Gamma spectroscopy
Ignition
Inertial confinement fusion
Interferometry
Microchannel plate detectors
Neutron imaging
Novae
OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
Plasma confinement
Streak cameras
Thomson scattering
X ray imagery
X-ray imaging
X-ray spectroscopy
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Summary:The National Diagnostic Working Group (NDWG) has led the effort to fully exploit the major inertial confinement fusion/high-energy density facilities in the US with the best available diagnostics. These diagnostics provide key data used to falsify early theories for ignition and suggest new theories, recently leading to an experiment that exceeds the Lawson condition required for ignition. The factors contributing to the success of the NDWG, collaboration and scope evolution, and the methods of accomplishment of the NDWG are discussed in this Review. Examples of collaborations in neutron and gamma spectroscopy, x-ray and neutron imaging, x-ray spectroscopy, and deep-ultraviolet Thomson scattering are given. An abbreviated history of the multi-decade collaborations and the present semiformal management framework is given together with the latest National Diagnostic Plan.
ISSN:0034-6748
1089-7623
DOI:10.1063/5.0128650