Brandan Buschmann is a PhD candidate in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering. A Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Laboratory Residency Graduate Fellowship recipient, he is advised by Dr. Johan Frenje in the High-Energy-Density Physics Division. His research focuses on two areas: investigating the physical processes that limit the performance of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments through experimental and computational studies, and developing next-generation diagnostic instruments to improve measurements at ICF research facilities. Buschmann collaborates closely with researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics.
B.S., Applied Physics, University of California, Irvine, 2023
Degradation mechanisms in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosions; inertial fusion energy (IFE); ICF/IFE diagnostics
First-Author Publications:
1.) B. I. Buschmann, M. Cufari, N. Vanderloo, J. Vargas, B. C. Foo, A. DeVault, S. G. Dannhoff, T. E. Evans, T. M. Johnson, J. H. Kunimune, Y. Lawrence, J. A. Pearcy, B. L. Reichelt, C. W. Wink, L. Russell, M. Gatu Johnson, R. D. Petrasso, and J. A. Frenje, "Characterization of the response of radiochromic film to quasi-monoenergetic x rays through a cross-calibration with image plates," Review of Scientific Instruments 95, 093531 (2024).
Other Publications:
7.) M. Macon, B. I. Buschmann, M. Cufari, S. G. Dannhoff, A. DeVault, T. E. Evans, B. C. Foo, T. M. Johnson, J. H. Kunimune, Y. Lawrence, J. A. Pearcy, B. L. Reichelt, L. Russell, N. Vanderloo, J. Vargas, C. W. Wink, M. Gatu Johnson, and J. A. Frenje, "Design of an in-vacuum manipulator for nuclear diagnostics development at the MIT linear electrostatic ion accelerator," Review of Scientific Instruments 96, 083508 (2025).
6.) R. Kishimori, M. Cufari, E. Z. L. Zhong-Johnson, B. I. Buschmann, A. J. Sinskey, T. M. Johnson, N. Vanderloo, A. DeVault, B. C. Foo, J. Vargas, S. G. Dannhoff, T. E. Evans, J. Kunimune, Y. Lawrence, J. A. Pearcy, B. L. Reichelt, C. W. Wink, R. D. Petrasso, M. Gatu Johnson, and J. A. Frenje, "Impact of x rays on the sensitivity of CR-39 detectors to 2.4-MeV protons," Review of Scientific Instruments 96, 073506 (2025).
5.) B. C. Foo, B. I. Buschmann, M. Cufari, S. G. Dannhoff, A. DeVault, T. E. Evans, T. M. Johnson, J. H. Kunimune, Y. Lawrence, J. A. Pearcy, B. L. Reichelt, L. Russell, N. Vanderloo, J. Vargas, C. W. Wink, M. Gatu Johnson, F. H. Seguin, R. D. Petrasso, and J. A. Frenje, "Errors in the field reconstruction using CR-39 proton radiographs with high fluence variation," Review of Scientific Instruments 95, 103527 (2024).
4.) L. Russell, T. M. Johnson, Y. Lawrence, B. Reichelt, N. Vanderloo, M. Cufari, B. I. Buschmann, S. Dannhoff, A. DeVault, E. Doeg, T. Evans, B. C. Foo, R. Frankel, J. H. Kunimune, J. A. Pearcy, J. Vargas, M. Gatu Johnson, and J. Frenje, "Quantifying the effects of neutron fluence on proton signal retention in CR-39," Review of Scientific Instruments 95, 103505 (2024).
3.) N. Vanderloo, M. Cufari, L. Russell, T. M. Johnson, J. Vargas, B. C. Foo, B. I. Buschmann, S. G. Dannhoff, A. DeVault, T. E. Evans, J. H. Kunimune, Y. Lawrence, J. A. Pearcy, B. L. Reichelt, C. W. Wink, M. Gatu Johnson, R. D. Petrasso, J. A. Frenje, and C. K. Li, "Image plate multi-scan response to fusion protons in the range of 1-14 MeV," Review of Scientific Instruments 95, 093536 (2024).
2.) M. Cufari, N. Vanderloo, B. I. Buschmann, A. DeVault, B. C. Foo, J. Vargas, S. G. Dannhoff, T. E. Evans, T. M. Johnson, J. Kunimune, Y. Lawrence, J. A. Pearcy, B. L. Reichelt, L. Russell, C. W. Wink, M. Gatu Johnson, R. D. Petrasso, and J. A. Frenje, "Characterization of the image plate multi-scan response to mono-energetic x-rays," Review of Scientific Instruments 95, 093535 (2024).
1.) T. M. Johnson, J. Shan, R. Kishimori, M. J. Cufari, P. J. Adrian, B. Buschmann, C. W. Chang, S. G. Dannhoff, A. DeVault, T. E. Evans, B. Foo, J. H. Kunimune, Y. Lawrence, J. A. Pearcy, B. L. Reichelt, L. Russell, G. D. Sutcliffe, N. L. Vanderloo, J. Vargas, C. Wink, M. Gatu Johnson, F. H. Seguin, R. D. Petrasso, J. A. Frenje, and C. K. Li, "Intrinsic fluence non-uniformity in D3He backlit proton radiography," Review of Scientific Instruments 95, 093520 (2024).