Laboratory Astrophysics

Presentations

• OMEGA Laser--Driven Hydrodynamic Plasma Jet Experiments with Relevance to Astrophysics

  ORAL

  Nov. 15, 2007, 2:00 PM – Nov. 15, 2007, 2:12 PM

  Authors

  • S.L. Sublett

  • J.P. Knauer

  • D.D. Meyerhofer

  • T.J.B. Collins

  • A. Frank

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

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• Laboratory Studies of High Mach Number Shock Collisions with Foils and Density Discontinuities.

  ORAL

  Nov. 15, 2007, 2:12 PM – Nov. 15, 2007, 2:24 PM

  Authors

  • Matthias Hohenberger

    • Imperial College, London.
    • Imperial College, London

  • R. Carley

    • Imperial College, London

  • J. Lazarus

    • Imperial College, London.
    • Imperial College, London

  • J. Chittenden

    • Imperial College
    • Imperial College, London.
    • Imperial College, London

  • R.A. Smith

    • Imperial College, London.
    • Imperial College, London

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• 3D Tomographic imaging of colliding cylindrical blast waves

  ORAL

  Nov. 15, 2007, 2:24 PM – Nov. 15, 2007, 2:36 PM

  Authors

  • R.A. Smith

    • Imperial College, London.
    • Imperial College, London

  • J. Lazarus

    • Imperial College, London.
    • Imperial College, London

  • Matthias Hohenberger

    • Imperial College, London.
    • Imperial College, London

  • J. Robinson

    • Imperial College, London.

  • A. Marocchino

    • Imperial College, London.

  • J. Chittenden

    • Imperial College
    • Imperial College, London.
    • Imperial College, London

  • M. Dunne

    • Imperial College, London.

  • A. Moore

    • Imperial College, London.

  • E. Gumbrell

    • Imperial College, London.

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• Spike Extensions in Rayleigh-Taylor, Decelerating-Interface Experiments

  ORAL

  Nov. 15, 2007, 2:36 PM – Nov. 15, 2007, 2:48 PM

  Authors

  • C.C. Kuranz

    • University of Michigan

  • R.P. Drake

    • University of Michigan

  • M.J. Grosskopf

  • H.F. Robey

  • J.F. Hansen

  • A.R. Miles

  • J. Knauer

  • T. Plewa

  • N. Hearn

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• Supersonic plasma jet interaction with gases and plasmas at the PALS laser facility

  ORAL

  Nov. 15, 2007, 2:48 PM – Nov. 15, 2007, 3:00 PM

  Authors

  • Ph. Nicolai

    • CELIA, University Bordeaux, France

  • C. Stenz

    • CELIA, University Bordeaux, France

  • X. Ribeyre

    • CELIA, University Bordeaux, France

  • V. Tikhonchuk

    • CELIA, University Bordeaux, France

  • A. Kasperczuk

    • IPPLM, Warsaw, Poland

  • T. Pisarczyk

    • IPPLM, Warsaw, Poland

  • L. Juha

    • IP, Prague, Czech Rep.

  • E. Krousky

    • IP, Prague, Czech Rep.

  • K. Masek

    • IP, Prague, Czech Rep.

  • M. Pfeifer

    • IP, Prague, Czech Rep.

  • K. Rohlena

    • IP, Prague, Czech Rep.

  • J. Skala

    • IP, Prague, Czech Rep.

  • J. Ullschmied

    • IPP, Prague, Czech Rep.

  • M. Kalal

    • CTU, Prague, Czech Rep.

  • D. Klir

    • CTU, Prague, Czech Rep.

  • J. Kravarik

    • CTU, Prague, Czech Rep.

  • P. Kubes

    • CTU, Prague, Czech Rep.

  • P. Pisarczyk

    • WUT, Warsaw, Poland

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• Laser-triggered millimeter-scale collimated plasma jets in crossed electric and magnetic fields.

  ORAL

  Nov. 15, 2007, 3:00 PM – Nov. 15, 2007, 3:12 PM

  Authors

  • Hernan Quevedo

    • University of Texas at Austin, Physics Department

  • Parrish Brady

    • University of Texas at Austin, Physics Department

  • Prashant Valanju

    • University of Texas at Austin, Physics Department
    • Institute for Fusion Studies

  • Matt McCormack

    • University of Texas at Austin, Physics Department

  • Roger D. Bengtson

    • University of Texas at Austin, Physics Department
    • The University of Texas at Austin

  • Todd Ditmire

    • University of Texas, Austin, Austin TX 78712
    • University of Texas at Austin, Physics Department
    • University of Texas, Austin

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• Experimental Study of Episodic Magnetically Driven Radiatively Cooled Plasma Jets

  ORAL

  Nov. 15, 2007, 3:12 PM – Nov. 15, 2007, 3:24 PM

  Authors

  • F. Suzuki-Vidal

  • S.V. Lebedev

  • S.N. Bland

  • J.P. Chittenden

  • G.N. Hall

  • A. Harvey-Thompson

  • A. Marocchino

    • Imperial College London

  • A. Ciardi

  • C. Stehle

    • Observatoire de Paris

  • S.C. Bott

    • University of California, San Diego

  • A. Frank

  • E.G. Blackman

    • University of Rochester

  • T. Ray

    • Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

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• Photon-photon scattering in vacuum and astophysical plasmas

  ORAL

  Nov. 15, 2007, 3:24 PM – Nov. 15, 2007, 3:36 PM

  Authors

  • G. Brodin

    • Umea University

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• Line intensity enhancements in both stellar and laser-plasma coronal X-ray spectra due to opacity effects

  ORAL

  Nov. 15, 2007, 3:36 PM – Nov. 15, 2007, 3:48 PM

  Authors

  • Justin Wark

    • University of Oxford

  • Steven Rose

    • Imperial College, London

  • Francis Keenan

    • Queen's University Belfast

  • Michail Mathioudakis

    • Queen's University, Belfast

  • Marco Matranga

    • Queen's University, Belfast

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• Iron plasma transmission measurements at temperatures above 150 eV

  ORAL

  Nov. 15, 2007, 3:48 PM – Nov. 15, 2007, 4:00 PM

  Authors

  • James Bailey

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • G.A. Rochau

  • P.W. Lake

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • C.A. Iglesias

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • J. Abdallah, Jr.

    • Los Alamos National Lab

  • J.J. MacFarlane

  • I. Golovkin

  • P. Wang

    • Prism Computational Science

  • R.C. Mancini

    • U. of Nevada, Reno

  • C. Blancard

  • Ph. Crosse

  • G. Faussurier

  • F. Gilleron

  • S. Mazevet

  • J.C. Pain

    • CEA, Bruyeres-le-Chatel, France

  • M. Bump

  • O. Garcia

  • T.C. Moore

    • K-Tech

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• Radiative cooling in relativistic collisionless shocks. Can simulations and experiments probe relevant GRB physics?

  ORAL

  Nov. 15, 2007, 4:00 PM – Nov. 15, 2007, 4:12 PM

  Authors

  • Mikhail Medvedev

    • University of Kansas

  • Anatoly Spitkovsky

    • Princeton University

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• Shock-processing of astrophysical dust grains

  ORAL

  Nov. 15, 2007, 4:12 PM – Nov. 15, 2007, 4:24 PM

  Authors

  • J.F. Hansen

    • LLNL

  • G.A. Graham

    • LLNL

  • E.M. Bringa

    • LLNL

  • B.A. Remington

    • LLNL

  • A.T. Kearsley

    • Natural History Museum, London

  • W. van Breugel

    • UC Merced

  • A.G.G.M. Tielens

    • NASA Ames

  • E.A. Taylor

    • Open University, UK

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