Invited Session ICF: Hohlraums & LPI

Presentations

• Optimizing Hohlraum Efficiency for Ignition and High Gain in Inertial Confinement Fusion

  ORAL · Invited

  Nov. 21, 2025, 9:30 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Joseph E Ralph

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Joseph E Ralph

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Chris V Young

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Chris Decker

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Benjamin Bachmann

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Colin J Bruulsema

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Debra Ann Callahan

    • Focused Energy

  • Peter M Celliers

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Hui Chen

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Tom D Chapman

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Laurent Divol

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Tilo Doeppner

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Michael J Edwards

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • William A Farmer

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Matthias Hohenberger

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Omar A Hurricane

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Nobuhiko Izumi

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Shahab Khan

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Andrea L Kritcher

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Otto L Landen

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Nuno Lemos

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Rachel M Merlo

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Henry J Meyer

    • Lawerence Livermore National Laberatory

  • Arthur E Pak

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • James S Ross

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Livermore

  • Harry Francis Robey

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Michael S Rubery

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Paul T Springer

    • LLNL

  • Tod T Woods

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNS)
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Paul F Schmit

    • Pacific Fusion

  • Riccardo Tommasini

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Eleanor Tubman

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Alex Zylstra

    • Pacific Fusion

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• Flow induced beam deflection measurements in ablation plasmas

  ORAL · Invited

  Nov. 21, 2025, 10:00 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 10:30 AM

  Presenters

  • Colin J Bruulsema

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Colin J Bruulsema

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Nuno Lemos

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Avram Milder

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Charles Ruyer

    • CEA, DAM, DIF, F-91297 Arpajon, France

  • William A Farmer

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Stefan J Huller

    • Centre de Physique Théorique, Ecole Polytechnique

  • Wojciech Rozmus

    • Univ of Alberta

  • William Riedel

    • Stanford University
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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• High resolution kinetic transport simulations of inertial confinement fusion experiments

  ORAL · Invited

  Nov. 21, 2025, 10:30 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 11:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Mark W Sherlock

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Mark W Sherlock

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Anthony R Bell

    • University of Oxford

  • Aidan J Crilly

    • Imperial College London

  • Philip W Moloney

    • Imperial College London

  • Jeremy P Chittenden

    • Imperial College London

  • John J Bissell

    • University of York

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• Applying Differentiable Programming to Theoretical, Computational, and Experimental Plasma Physics

  ORAL · Invited

  Nov. 21, 2025, 11:00 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 11:30 AM

  Publication: 1. Joglekar, A. S. & Thomas, A. G. R. Unsupervised discovery of nonlinear plasma physics using differentiable kinetic simulations. J. Plasma Phys. 88, 905880608 (2022).
  2. Joglekar, A. S. & Thomas, A. G. R. Machine learning of hidden variables in multiscale fluid simulation. Mach. Learn.: Sci. Technol. 4, 035049 (2023).
  3. Milder, A. L., Joglekar, A. S., Rozmus, W. & Froula, D. H. Qualitative and quantitative enhancement of parameter estimation for model-based diagnostics using automatic differentiation with an application to inertial fusion. Mach. Learn.: Sci. Technol. 5, 015026 (2024).
  4. Joglekar, A. S. et. al. Mitigating transient growth in the two plasmon decay instability by optimizing laser bandwidth

  Presenters

  • Archis S Joglekar

    • Ergodic LLC

  Authors

  • Archis S Joglekar

    • Ergodic LLC

  • Alec G.R. GR Thomas

    • University of Michigan
    • Michigan University

  • Avram Milder

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Dustin H Froula

    • University of Rochester

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• Plasma probing and single-shot crossed-beam energy transfer measurements using a broadband probe.

  ORAL · Invited

  Nov. 21, 2025, 11:30 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 12:00 PM

  Publication: A. Longman, et al. Pump with broadband probe experiments for single-shot measurements of plasma conditions and crossed-beam energy transfer, Under Review, Physical Review Letters

  Presenters

  • Andrew M Longman

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Andrew M Longman

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Daniel Mittelberger

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Elizabeth S Grace

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Clement S Goyon

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • George F Swadling

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • G. E. G Kemp

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Tom D Chapman

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Stephen Maricle

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Nicky Vanartsdalen

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Austin M Linder

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Brent Stuart

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Felicie Albert

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Ryan Muir

    • LLNL

  • Tyler Dumbacher

    • LLNL

  • Kevin Zoromski

    • LLNL

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• Enhanced Ion-acoustic Wave Fluctuations Driven by Speckled Heater Beams

  ORAL · Invited

  Nov. 21, 2025, 12:00 PM – Nov. 21, 2025, 12:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Kyle Richard McMillen

    • University of Rochester

  Authors

  • Kyle Richard McMillen

    • University of Rochester

  • Russell K Follett

    • University of Rochester

  • Joseph D Katz

    • University of Rochester - Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Avram Milder

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • John P Palastro

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Wojciech Rozmus

    • Univ of Alberta

  • Hans G Rinderknecht

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
    • University of Rochester

  • Dustin H Froula

    • University of Rochester

  • Daniel J Haberberger

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Jessica L Shaw

    • University of Rochester
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

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