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Oct 2026
Beyond Radiation Hydrodynamics: A Coupled Kinetic Plasma and Radiation Modeling of NIF Polar Direct Drive Capsule
Predictive modeling of inertial-confinement-fusion (ICF) implosions increasingly requires resolving ion-kinetic effects beyond the reach of radiation-hydrodynamics, without sacrificing radiation transport. We present, to our knowledge, the first coupling of a kinetic-ion plasma model to thermal radiation transport. The...
Hans Hammer, W. Taitano, Steven E. Anderson et al.
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