These experiments demonstrate a new

These experiments demonstrate a new experimental capability to produce and diagnose high-energy-density plasmas relevant to nuclear astrophysics. We have shown that the densities and temperatures relevant to stellar interiors can be produced in the laboratory and that nuclear physics experiments can be performedin these extreme environments. It is interesting to note that recent experiments also show that the conditions of MSun =1 stars may be accessible in the near future, providing the possibility of recreating the conditions of our Sun’s interior in the laboratory. Furthermore, these experiments may provide a path to study plasma-nuclear effects on nuclear cross-sections that are important in stellar models but are only present in the relevant plasma conditions; forexample, electron plasma screening. Because plasma screening is relatively weak at these conditions (