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Inertial Confinement Fusion: The Quest for Ignition and Energy Gain Using Indirect Drive

John D. Lindl

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ICF overview historical development of the indirect drive in the US ICF programme ignition physics pulse shaping implosion dynamics hydrodynamic instability, ignition threshold, and capsule gain hohlraum coupling efficiency hohlraum radiation uniformity combined tests of symmetry and hydrodynamic instability hohlraum plasma conditions hot electron preheat national ignition facility and ignition targets inertial fusion energy.

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Key concepts: Hohlraum, Implosion, National Ignition Facility, Inertial confinement fusion, Ignition system, Physics, Instability, Nova (rocket)