Observation of a neutrino burst in coincidence with supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud

RM Bionta, G Blewitt, CB Bratton, D Casper, A Ciocio… - Physical Review Letters, 1987 - APS
Observation of a neutrino burst in coincidence with supernova 1987A in the Large
Magellanic Cloud Page 1 VOLUME 58, NUMBER 14 PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 6 …

Lawson criterion for ignition exceeded in an inertial fusion experiment

…, K Bigelow, J Bigelow-Granillo, V Bigman, RM Bionta… - Physical review …, 2022 - APS
For more than half a century, researchers around the world have been engaged in attempts
to achieve fusion ignition as a proof of principle of various fusion concepts. Following the …

[HTML][HTML] Burning plasma achieved in inertial fusion

…, R Betti, SD Bhandarkar, J Biener, RM Bionta… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Obtaining a burning plasma is a critical step towards self-sustaining fusion energy 1. A burning
plasma is one in which the fusion reactions themselves are the primary source of heating …

Achievement of target gain larger than unity in an inertial fusion experiment

…, K Bigelow, J Bigelow-Granillo, V Bigman, RM Bionta… - Physical review …, 2024 - APS
On December 5, 2022, an indirect drive fusion implosion on the National Ignition Facility (NIF)
achieved a target gain G target of 1.5. This is the first laboratory demonstration of …

Experimental achievement and signatures of ignition at the National Ignition Facility

…, SD Bhandarkar, J Biener, RM Bionta… - Physical Review E, 2022 - APS
An inertial fusion implosion on the National Ignition Facility, conducted on August 8, 2021 (N210808),
recently produced more than a megajoule of fusion yield and passed Lawson's …

Search for Proton Decay into

RM Bionta, G Blewitt, CB Bratton, BG Cortez… - Physical Review Letters, 1983 - APS
Observations were made 1570 meters of water equivalent underground with an 8000-metric-ton
water Cherenkov detector. During a live time of 80 d no events consistent with the decay …

Design of inertial fusion implosions reaching the burning plasma regime

…, R Betti, SD Bhandarkar, J Biener, RM Bionta… - Nature Physics, 2022 - nature.com
In a burning plasma state 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 – 7 , alpha particles from deuterium–tritium fusion
reactions redeposit their energy and are the dominant source of heating. This state has …

Calculation of atmospheric neutrino-induced backgrounds in a nucleon-decay search

TJ Haines, RM Bionta, G Blewitt, CB Bratton, D Casper… - Physical review …, 1986 - APS
We have developed an extensive model of atmospheric ν interactions which provide the
backgrounds to nucleon-decay experiments. We report results from a 417-live-day exposure of …

Design of an inertial fusion experiment exceeding the Lawson criterion for ignition

…, SD Bhandarkar, J Biener, RM Bionta… - Physical Review E, 2022 - APS
We present the design of the first igniting fusion plasma in the laboratory by Lawson's criterion
that produced 1.37 MJ of fusion energy, Hybrid-E experiment N210808 (August 8, 2021) [ …

Observations and properties of the first laboratory fusion experiment to exceed a target gain of unity

…, R Tommasini, N Aybar, B Bachmann, RM Bionta… - Physical Review E, 2024 - APS
An indirect-drive inertial fusion experiment on the National Ignition Facility was driven using
2.05 MJ of laser light at a wavelength of 351 nm and produced 3.1 ± 0.16 MJ of total fusion …