. "Studying ignition schemes on European laser facilities"@en . "9"^^ . "Lafon, M." . "9" . . "Ribeyre, X." . "Baton, S. D." . . "1"^^ . "Depierreux, S." . "000294731600026" . "51" . "[28CD00DC8510]" . "Lafitte, S." . "Schlenvoigt, H. P." . "Santos, J. J." . . "0029-5515" . "Batani, D." . "Ebrardt, J." . "P(LC528)" . . "Schurtz, G." . "Koenig, M." . "233181" . . . . "Miquel, J. L." . "Tikhonchuk, V. T." . "Davies, J. R." . "Jacquemot, S." . "Michel, D. T." . . "Feugeas, J. L." . "Gizzi, L. A." . "Demonstrating ignition and net energy gain in the near future on MJ-class laser facilities will be a major step towards determining the feasibility of Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE), in Europe as in the United States. The current status of the French Laser MegaJoule (LMJ) programme, from the laser facility construction to the indirectly driven central ignition target design, is presented, as well as validating experimental campaigns, conducted, as part of this programme, on various laser facilities. However, the viability of the IFE approach strongly depends on our ability to address the salient questions related to efficiency of the target design and laser driver performances. In the overall framework of the European HiPER project, two alternative schemes both relying on decoupling target compression and fuel heating-fast ignition (FI) and shock ignition (SI)-are currently considered. After a brief presentation of the HiPER project's objectives, FI and SI target designs are discus" . "Chanteloup, J. C." . "RIV/68407700:21340/11:00188234!RIV12-MSM-21340___" . "Studying ignition schemes on European laser facilities"@en . "Breil, J." . "46"^^ . "Inertial confinement fusion; HIPER; shock ignition; fast ignition"@en . . "Honrubia, J. J." . "Labaune, C." . "Studying ignition schemes on European laser facilities" . "Edwards, C. B." . "Klimo, Ond\u0159ej" . "Studying ignition schemes on European laser facilities" . "Canaud, B." . "Loiseau, P." . . "Koester, P." . "Fiuza, F." . . "Cherfils Clerouin, C." . "Juraszek, D." . "10.1088/0029-5515/51/9/094025" . "Debras, G." . "Philippe, F." . "Norreys, P." . "Rousseaux, C." . "Fonseca, R. A." . . "Nuclear Fusion" . "Schiavi, A." . "Hallo, L." . "Temporal, M." . "Demonstrating ignition and net energy gain in the near future on MJ-class laser facilities will be a major step towards determining the feasibility of Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE), in Europe as in the United States. The current status of the French Laser MegaJoule (LMJ) programme, from the laser facility construction to the indirectly driven central ignition target design, is presented, as well as validating experimental campaigns, conducted, as part of this programme, on various laser facilities. However, the viability of the IFE approach strongly depends on our ability to address the salient questions related to efficiency of the target design and laser driver performances. In the overall framework of the European HiPER project, two alternative schemes both relying on decoupling target compression and fuel heating-fast ignition (FI) and shock ignition (SI)-are currently considered. After a brief presentation of the HiPER project's objectives, FI and SI target designs are discus"@en . "Badziak, J." . "Labate, L." . "Perez, F." . "Silva, L. O." . "Amiranoff, F." . . "Blanchot, N." . "21340" . . "AT - Rakousk\u00E1 republika" . "RIV/68407700:21340/11:00188234" . . "Debayle, A." . . "Atzeni, S." .