R. R. Paguio

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss recent progress towards converting this process into a high yield, production scale process, and show that fabrication of a mandrel which met the symmetry and surface finish requirements was feasible using this technique.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used Resorcinol-formaldehyde (R/F) as the selected foam material due to its transparency in the optical region and provided extensive characterization of the wall uniformity of these shells.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors have developed a production process for both standard density (100 mg/cc) and high density (180-200 mg/c) resorcinol formaldehyde (RF) foam shells with a triple orifice droplet generator.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report on a high convergence ratio liquid layer capsule implosion performed on the National Ignition Facility and contrast it to two previously reported layered implosions, in order to better understand how the capsule design impacts the hydrodynamic stability properties.

TL;DR: In this paper, a series of magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF) experiments have been conducted in order to investigate the mix introduced from various target surfaces during the laser preheat stage.