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1. An indirect-drive method for laser driven energy research utilizing laser beams, comprising the steps of:providing a spherical outer plastic shell,providing an ablator layer inside said spherical outer plastic shell,providing a unit of deuterium-tritium fuel a layer inside said ablator layer,providing an inner volume of deuterium-tritium gas inside said layer of deuterium-tritium fuel,assembling a hohlraum around said spherical outer plastic shell containing said unit of deuterium-tritium fuel wherein said hohlram is in a position to the receive the laser beams and wherein said hohlram has an axis,shaping said hohlraum as single-turn solenoid,providing a narrow insulating slot in said single turn) solenoid hohlraum wherein said narrow insulating slot is parallel to said hohlraum axis,directing the laser beams onto said hohlraum, andemploying said hohlraum as a soleniodal coil to produce a magnetic field directed to said unit of deuterium-tritium fuel. 2. The indirect-drive method for laser-driven energy research utilizing laser beams of claim 1 wherein said step of employing said hohlraum as soleniodal coil to produce a magnetic field directed to said unit of deuterium-tritium fuel comprises employing said hohlraum as a soleniodal coil to produce a magnetic field directed to said unit of deuterium-tritium fuel to compress said unit of deuterium-tritium fuel to greater than 10,000 T (100MG). 3. The indirect-drive method for laser-driven energy research utilizing laser beams of claim 1 wherein said step of employing said hohlraum as a soleniodal coil to produce a magnetic field directed to said unit of deuterium-tritium fuel comprises employing said hohlraum as a soleniodal coil as a single-turn solenoid to produce a magnetic field directed to said unit of deuterium-tritium fuel. 4. The indirect-drive method for laser-driven energy research utilizing laser beams of claim 1 wherein said step of assembling a hohlraum containing said unit of deuterium-tritium fuel in a position to the receive the laser beams comprises assembling a cylindrical gold hohlraum containing said unit of deuterium-tritium fuel in a position to the receive the laser beams. 5. The indirect-drive method for laser-driven energy research utilizing laser beams of claim 1 wherein said step of providing a unit of deuterium-tritium fuel comprises providing a DT fuel capsule. 6. The indirect-drive method for laser-driven energy research utilizing laser beams of claim 1 wherein said step of providing a unit of deuterium-tritium fuel comprises providing a DT fuel capsule and wherein said step of assembling a hohlraum containing said unit of deuterium-tritium fuel in a position to the receive the laser beams comprises assembling a cylindrical gold hohlraum containing said DT fuel capsule in a position to the receive the laser beams. 7. An indirect-drive method fur laser-driven energy research utilizing laser beams from a first direction and laser beams from a second direction to increase the probability of achieving ignition, comprising the steps of:providing a spherical outer plastic shell,providing an ablator layer inside said spherical outer plastic shell,providing a unit of deuterium-tritium fuel as a layer inside said ablator layer,providing an inner volume of deuterium-tritium gas inside said layer of deuterium-tritium fuel,assembling a hohlraum around said spherical outer plastic shell containing said unit of deuterium-tritium fuel in a position to the receive beams from a first direction and the laser beams from a second direction wherein said hohlram has an axis,shaping said hohlraum as single-turn solenoid,providing a narrow insulating slot in said single-turn solenoid hohlraum wherein said narrow insulating slot is parallel to said hohlraum axis,filling said narrow insulating slot with a metal-oxide,directing the laser beams onto said hohlraum, andemploying said hohlraum as a soleniodal coil to axial seed a magnetic field on said unit of deuterium tritium fuel. 8. The indirect-drive method for laser-driven energy research utilizing laser beams from a first direction and laser beams from a second direction to increase the probability of achieving ignition of claim 7 wherein said step of employing said hohlraum as a soleniodal coil to produce a magnetic field directed to said unit of deuterium-tritium fuel comprises employing said hohlraum as a soleniodal coil to produce a magnetic field directed to said unit of deuterium-tritium fuel to compress said unit of deuterium-tritium fuel to greater than 10,000 T (100MG). 9. The indirect -drive method for laser-driven energy research utilizing laser beams from a first direction and laser beams from a second direction to increase the probability of achieving ignition of claim 7 wherein said step of employing said hohlraum as a soleniodal coil to produce a magnetic field directed to said unit of deuterium-tritium fuel comprises employing said hohlraum as a soleniodal coil as a single-turn solenoid to produce a magnetic field directed to said unit of deuterium-tritium fuel. 10. The indirect-drive method for laser-driven energy research utilizing laser beams from a first direction and laser beams from a second direction to increase the probability of achieving ignition of claim 7 wherein said step of assembling hohlraum containing said unit of deuterium-tritium fuel in a position to the receive the laser beams from a first direction and the laser beams from a second direction comprises assembling a cylindrical gold hohlraum containing said unit of deuterium-tritium fuel in a position to the receive the laser beams from a first direction and the laser beams from a second direction. 11. The indirect-drive method for laser-driven energy research utilizing laser beams from a first direction and laser beams from a second direction to increase the probability of achieving ignition of claim 7 wherein said step of providing a unit of deuterium-tritium fuel comprises providing a DT fuel capsule. 12. The indirect-drive method for laser-driven energy research utilizing laser beams from a first direction and laser beams from a second direction to increase the probability of achieving ignition of claim 7 wherein said step of providing a unit of deuterium-tritium fuel comprises providing a DT fuel capsule and wherein said step of assembling a hohlraum containing said unit of deuterium-tritium fuel in a position to the receive the laser beams from a first direction and the laser beams from a second direction comprises assembling a cylindrical gold hohlraum containing said DT fuel capsule in a position to the receive the laser beams from a first direction and the laser beams from a second direction. 13. An indirect-drive method for laser-driven inertial confinement fusion research utilizing laser beams, comprising the steps of:providing a spherical outer plastic shell,providing an ablator layer inside said spherical outer plastic shell,providing a unit of deuterium-tritium fuel as a layer inside said ablator layer,providing an inner volume of deuterium-tritium gas inside said layer of deuterium-tritium fuel,assembling a hohlraum around said spherical outer plastic shell containing said unit of deuterium-tritium fuel wherein said hohlram is in a position to the receive the laser beams and wherein said hohlram has an axis,shaping said hohlraum as single-turn solenoid,providing a narrow insulating slot in said single-turn solenoid hohlraum wherein said narrow insulating slot is parallel to said hohlraum axis,directing the laser beams onto said hohlraum, andemploying said hohlraum as a soleniodal coil to produce a magnetic field directed to said unit of deuterium-tritium fuel.