DrBrian Appelbe

I am a Research Fellow in the Centre for Inertial Fusion Studies (CIFS), working in Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) and High Energy Density Physics. I am particularly interested in the nuclear processes, such as neutron production and nuclear-plasma interactions , that occur in ICF plasmas and how we can use these plasmas to investigate stellar nucleosynthesis.

Research questions that I am currently working on include:

How can we measure the neutron capture cross sections of nuclei in excited states?
How can we use ICF experiments to gather nuclear data?
How can we measure the temperature and density of burning plasmas in ICF experiments?
How can we make efficient, intense neutron sources in the laboratory?
How can we use Quantum Computers in Plasma Physics?
Here I am talking with Varsha Krishnan about my life as a Physicist, and here is a blog post about some of my current research.