Prize Recipient


National Ignition Facility’s (NIF) Burning Plasma Team

Citation:

"For the first laboratory demonstration of a burning deuterium-tritium plasma where alpha heating dominates the plasma energetics."

Background:

Burning Plasma Team: B. Bachmann, K. L. Baker, R. Bionta, D. A. Callahan, D. T. Casey, D. S. Clark, J.-M. G. Di Nicola, L. Divol, T. Doeppner, M. J. Edwards, M. Gatu Johnson, K. Hahn, E. P. Hartouni, M. Hohenberger, O. A. Hurricane, S. Khan, A. L. Kritcher, O. L. Landen, B. J. MacGowan, A. G. MacPhee, M. M. Marinak, K. Meaney, A. S. Moore, A. Nikroo, A. Pak, P. K. Patel, J. E. Ralph, H. F. Robey, J. S. Ross, S. M. Sepke, R. Tommasini, P. Volegov, C. R. Weber, B. M. Van Wonterghem, C. V. Young, A. B. Zylstra, and NIF-ICF Team


Selection Committee:

2022 Selection Committee Members: Howard Milchberg (Chair), Hui Chen (Vice Chair), Michael Bonitz, Matt Landreman, Marcus Knudson