Learning from each other: Cross-cutting diagnostic development activities between magnetic and inertial confinement fusion (invited)
Inertial Confinement Fusion and Magnetic Confinement Fusion (ICF and MCF) follow different paths toward goals that are largely common. In this paper, the claim is made that progress can be accelerated by learning from each other across the two fields. Examples of successful cross-community knowledge transfer are presented that highlight the gains from working together, specifically in the areas of high-resolution x-ray imaging spectroscopy and neutron spectrometry. Opportunities for near- and mid-term collaboration are identified, including in chemical vapor deposition diamond detector technology, using gamma rays to monitor fusion gain, handling neutron-induced backgrounds, developing radiation hard technology, and collecting fundamental supporting data needed for diagnostic analysis. Fusion research is rapidly moving into the igniting and burning regimes, posing new opportunities and challenges for ICF and MCF diagnostics. This includes new physics to probe, such as alpha heating; increasingly harsher environmental conditions; and (in the slightly longer term) the need for new plant monitoring diagnostics. Substantial overlap is expected in all of these emerging areas, where joint development across the two subfields as well as between public and private researchers can be expected to speed up advancement for all.
Authors
- P. C. Efthimion (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2810-3365)
- M. Nocente (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0170-5275)
- Luis F. Delgado-Aparicio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6739-4380)
- Maria Gatu Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2383-1275)
- B. Eriksson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7814-435X)
- D. J. Schlossberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8713-9448)
- M. Bitter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1508-0758)
- M. S. Rubery (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4415-2818)
- C. Fry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8342-601X)
- A. S. Moore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2125-8882)
- C. J. Forrest (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6288-322X)
- V. Geppert-Kleinrath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6869-5772)
- R. A. Tinguely (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3711-1834)
- S. Mackie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9483-9402)
- A. L. Milder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9988-6109)
- Brian Appelbe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4781-7010)
- A. Celora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0160-2195)
- Lan Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4119-2825)
- L. Ceurvorst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4215-3326)
- E. Panontin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1309-0055)
- K. W. Hill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2494-8125)
- D. Rigamonti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0183-0965)
- Y. Lawrence (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8474-6325)
- Matthew L. Reinke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4413-9613)
- J. Eriksson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0892-3358)
- M. Rebaı̈ (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0247-9073)
- N. Pablant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6617-8459)
- B. L. Reichelt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8118-606X)
- P. V. Heuer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5050-6606)
- E.P. Gilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6820-9132)
- Johan A. Frenje (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6846-0378)
- K. D. Meaney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1142-7360)
- Hermann Geppert-Kleinrath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9350-144X)
- D. T. Casey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2125-677X)
- Aidan J. Crilly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0429-9332)
- J. Ball (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9638-2127)
- J. S. Ross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4519-5238)
- Gabriele Croci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3302-4209)
- C. W. Wink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3818-6715)
- F. M. Laggner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1601-2973)
- M. Tardocchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8443-1809)
- L. Russell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5770-9908)
- A. Dal Molin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0471-1718)
- H. Khater (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7068-3669)
- Hui Chen
- S. Conroy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7033-7843)
- F. Kraus
Institutions
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (US)
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (US)
- North Carolina State University (US)
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (US)
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (US)
- Energetics (United States) (US)
- Fusion Academy (US)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- University of Rochester (US)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- University of Milano-Bicocca (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0218498
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.32
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- University of Rochester
- National Nuclear Security Administration
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory