Ignition and the Path Towards an Inertial Fusion Energy Future
Institutskolloquium
- Datum: 29.06.2023
- Uhrzeit: 10:30 - 12:00
- Vortragende: Dr. Tammy Ma
- Tammy Ma is the Lead for the Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) Institutional Initiative at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in the U.S. She was a member of the team achieving burning plasma, followed by fusion ignition in December 2022 at the National Ignition Facility, demonstrating more energy gain from fusion than the laser energy used to drive it. She is the recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering (PECASE) and currently sits on the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC). She also chaired the 2022 DOE Basic Research Needs Workshop and Report in Inertial Fusion Energy and served on the German Expert Panel that authored the Memorandum on Laser Inertial Fusion Energy.
- Ort: IPP Garching
- Raum: Arnulf-Schlüter Lecture Hall in Building D2 and Zoom
- Gastgeber: IPP
- Kontakt: karl.krieger@ipp.mpg.de
In December 2022, a team at Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s
National Ignition Facility (NIF) conducted the first controlled fusion
experiment in history to reach scientific energy breakeven, producing
more energy from fusion than the laser energy used to drive it. In that
experiment, where 2.05 MJ of laser energy was delivered to the target, a
fusion energy output of 3.15 MJ was achieved, a gain of 1.5. This talk
will review the NIF – the world’s largest, most energetic laser, the
latest experimental results, the scientific and technological
advancements that made this breakthrough possible, and the implications
for future research, particularly in how the achievement of ignition now
lays the groundwork to explore laser inertial fusion as a path for
clean energy and energy security. We will also provide an overview of
the U.S.’s current activities and plans in Inertial Fusion Energy.