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Science of Fusion Ignition on NIF Workshop attendees WORKSHOP ON THE SCIENCE OF FUSION IGNITION ON NIF Co-Chairs: William Goldstein, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Robert Rosner, University of Chicago Steering group: Cris Barnes, Los Alamos National Laboratory Riccardo Betti, University of Rochester Gilbert Collins, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Don Correll, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory John Edwards, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Mark Herrmann, Sandia National Laboratories Craig Sangster, Laboratory for Laser Energetics Alan Wan, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Alan Wootton, University of Texas Panel Leads: Laser Propagation and X-ray Generation Chan Joshi, University of California Los Angeles Mordecai Rosen, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory X-ray Transport and Ablation Physics Jim Hammer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory David Meyerhofer, University of Rochester Implosion Hydrodynamics Valeri Goncharov, University of Rochester Omar Hurricane, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Stagnation Properties and Burn Riccardo Betti, University of Rochester Johan Frenje, Massachusetts Institute of Technology HED Properties and Processes Gilbert Collins, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Justin Wark, University of Oxford Integrated Modeling Don Lamb, University of Chicago Michael Marinak, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory This page intentionally left blank TABLE of CONTENTS $"!#"%&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&* !"!&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&- ! &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&2 *&) *( !'%!&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&*) *&* !"!&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&*) *&+ !!" ! % &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&*) +(,(+ & ! 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