Progress in Inertial Fusion Energy Research: Two Years After Ignition – Now Open for Submissions!

Submit to this Special Topic today View in Browser SUBMIT AN ARTICLE MANAGE MY ALERTS ABOUT THE JOURNAL Physics of Plasmas Call for Papers Special Topic - Progress in Inertial Fusion Energy Research: Two Years After Ignition The repeated success of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) to demonstrate ignition and scientific energy gain in the last 1.5 years has reinvigorated interest in making inertial fusion energy (IFE) fusion power plants a reality. In 2023, the Department of Energy revitalized the public IFE program with its launch of the IFE-STAR (Science and Technology Accelerated Research) Hubs, and several new IFE companies are now pursuing diverse inertial fusion approaches.  The commercialization of IFE power plants will require overcoming many scientific, engineering, and economic viability hurdles. We are interested in contributions that broadly cover the themes of system-level concepts, target design, advanced driver systems, and target manufacturing capabilities. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: • Target design at high gain • Uses of AI/ML in design or operation of IFE plants • Driver system advances • Target manufacturing capabilities • Laser-plasma interactions Guest Editors Michael Kruse, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Carmen Menoni, Colorado State University Dustin Froula, Laboratory for Laser Energetics Siegfried Glenzer, SLAC Submission Deadline: February 28, 2025 LEARN MORE > Tell Us What You Think! Did you like this email? Yes > No >  Follow us on social media Copyright © 2024 AIP Publishing. All rights reserved. 1305 Walt Whitman Rd., Melville, NY 11747 You are receiving this email because you have opted-in to receive alerts from us. To guarantee delivery of this email please add journals@aip-info.org to your address book and safe senders list. If you no longer wish to receive emails from us then please unsubscribe or amend your settings.