Bruce Remington

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report the achievement of fusion fuel gains exceeding unity on the US National Ignition Facility using a high-foot implosion method, which is a manipulation of the laser pulse shape in a way that reduces instability in the implosion.

TL;DR: High energy density (HED) laboratory astrophysics as discussed by the authors is a new class of experimental science, wherein the properties of matter and the processes that occur under extreme astrophysical conditions can be examined in the laboratory.

TL;DR: In this paper, the conditions for the applicability of the Euler equations are formulated, based on the analysis of localization, heat conduction, viscosity, and radiation.

TL;DR: The National Ignition Facility (NIF) [E. I. Moses et al. as discussed by the authors, completed in March 2009, is the highest energy laser ever constructed, which enables a number of experiments in inertial confinement fusion and stockpile stewardship, as well as access to new regimes in a variety of experiments relevant to x-ray astronomy, laserplasma interactions, hydrodynamic instabilities, nuclear astrophysics, and planetary science.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the use of intense laser facilities to test and refine our understanding of phenomena such as supernovae, supernova remnants, gamma-ray bursts, and giant planets.