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international user facility for basic research in high-energy-density
physics. As of this writing, 18 shots have been devoted to the
development of experimental platforms and initial data acquisition
in the areas of radiation transport, equation of state, and x-ray sources
for stockpile-stewardship applications. The first set of experiments
by an external academic team—a collaboration with the University of
Michigan’s Center for Radiative Shock Hydrodynamics to study
hydrodynamic instabilities influenced by strong radiative shocks that
are relevant to core-collapsing supernovae —has already begun. In
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addition, a recent invitation for proposals for shot time drew 44 letters
of intent and 40 full proposals from 20 institutions in 6 countries.

Acknowledgments
We would like to express our gratitude to J. Atherton, J. Auerbach,
E. Bliss, M. Bowers, S. Burkhart, F. Chambers, P. Coyle, J. Di-Nicola,
P. Di-Nicola, S. Dixit, G. Erbert, G. Guruangan, G. Heestand, M. Henesian,
M. Hermann, R. House, M. Jackson, K. Jancaitis, D. Kalantar, R. Kirkwood,
K. LaFortune, O. Landon, D. Larson, B. MacGowan, K. Manes,
C. Marshall, J. Menapace, E. Moses, J. Murray, M. Nostrand, C. Orth,
T. Parham, H. Park, R. Patterson, B. Raymond, T. Salmon, M. Schneider,
M. Shaw, M. Spaeth, S. Sutton, P. Wegner, C. Widmayer, W. Williams,
R. White, P. Whitman, S. Yang, and B. Van Wonterghem for their many
important contributions to this work.

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