GUESTS LECTURES: -Fabrizio Consoli is a senior researcher at ENEA, with extensive experience in inertial confinement fusion, laser–matter interaction, and high-energy plasma diagnostics. Since 2019 he has led ENEA’s Task Force INER: "Research and Technologies for Inertial Fusion" and has served as head of the Laboratory of Inertial Fusion, Plasmas and Interdisciplinary Experiments (01/04/2024-31/12/2025) and the Laboratory of Plasma Applications and Interdisciplinary Experiments (01/04/2022-31/03/2024). He is an elected Board Member of the EPS Plasma Physics Division and of Laserlab-Europe AISBL. He has authored 138 scientific peer-reviewed publications, and his profile on Scopus shows H-index 25 and 1905 overall number of citations. He serves as member of the editorial boards of international journals, has served in organization of several international conferences and has received several international scientific recognitions. He has several years of experience on teaching in University courses and Masters, as well as in international Ph.D Schools. During his career, he has co-supervised more than 50 students, including Master’s and PhD candidates. - Mattia Cipriani. He got his Master’s Degree in Physics in 2009 at the University of Pisa and his PhD degree at the same University in 2013. Between 2013 and 2014, he attended the Level II Master with the title “Fusion Energy – Science and Engineering” held by University of Tor Vergata in Rome and ENEA, and got a post-doc position at ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati in 2014 for studies on inertial confinement fusion. The main focus of his research since 2014 has been on the applications to inertial confinement fusion of the interaction of high-power lasers with porous media, also known as foams, both on the experimental and on the theoretical levels, with results published on the main journals for the topic. He is now First Researcher at ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati and the coordinator of the Laserlab-Europe AISBL Expert Group on “Micro- and nano-structured materials for experiments with high-power lasers”, comprising more than 20 European institutions. He has also been the Chair of the International Workshop related to the Expert Group organized in 2024. He authored 60 publications with an h-index of 16 (Scopus). The course aims to introduce students to nuclear fusion by inertial confinement scheme, an approach to achieving controlled thermonuclear fusion for energy production that has recently gained significant attention, thanks to the results achieved in recent years by the National Ignition Facility (NIF) based in USA. Beginning with an overview of nuclear-fusion energy and its scientific and technological motivations, the course will guide students through the physical principles, experimental methods, and engineering challenges associated with ICF researchStudents will explore the fundamental properties of plasmas and the key mechanisms governing intense laser–matter interactions, including both long-pulse and short-pulse regimes relevant to modern and future ICF facilities. The course will also cover main numerical methods used in this field and state-of-the-art diagnostic techniques used to characterize implosion performance, laser-generated plasmas and related particle and electromagnetic radiation. Beyond the physics basis, the course will introduce major reactor-level considerations, such as target design, driver efficiency, repetition rate, materials issues, and the integration of ICF concepts into potential fusion energy systems. Finally, an up-to-date overview of the current status of ICF research worldwide will be provided, with particular emphasis on recent achievements and future perspectives. By the end of the course, students will be able to: - understand the physical principles of nuclear fusion and the motivations behind fusion energy research; - explain the fundamentals of Inertial Confinement Fusion, including target design, compression physics, and ignition concepts; - describe the key properties of plasmas relevant to high-energy-density physics and fusion experiments, and the main numerical methods used to model them; - analyze intense laser–matter interactions, distinguishing between long-pulse and short-pulse regimes and their roles in ICF; - identify and interpret major diagnostic techniques used to characterize laser-driven plasmas and ICF implosions; -discuss reactor-level challenges associated with implementing ICF as an energy source, including materials, repetition rate, and driver efficiency; -evaluate the current status of ICF research worldwide and assess future perspectives.

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- Introduction + course description - Introduction to Fusion Energy - Introduction to Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) - Plasma fundamentals - Numerical methods - Intense laser-matter interactions for ICF (long and short pulse laser interaction) - Diagnostics for ICF - Reactor issues for ICF - Current status of ICF and prospectives

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