INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION RESEARCH AT LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY

Inertial confinement fusion research at Los Alamos National Laboratory is focused on high‐leverage areas of thermonuclear ignition to which LANL can apply its historic strengths and that are complementary to high‐energy‐density‐physics topics. Using the Trident and Omega laser facilities, experiments are pursued in laser‐plasma instabilities, symmetry, Be technologies, neutron and fusion‐product diagnostics, and defect hydrodynamics.