High-intensity Short-pulse Laser Plasma Interactions

Presentations

• Initial Results from the OMEGA EP Laser System

  ORAL

  Nov. 4, 2009, 2:00 PM – Nov. 4, 2009, 2:12 PM

  Authors

  • David Meyerhofer

    • University of Rochester

  • R. Betti

  • T.R. Boehly

  • J.H. Kelly

  • S.J. Loucks

  • R.L. McCrory

  • S.F.B. Morse

  • P.M. Nilson

  • S.P. Regan

  • T.C. Sangster

  • V.A. Smalyuk

  • C. Stoeckl

  • W. Theobald

  • L.J. Waxer

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

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• Hot-Electron Generation with Kilojoule Pulses on OMEGA EP

  ORAL

  Nov. 4, 2009, 2:12 PM – Nov. 4, 2009, 2:24 PM

  Authors

  • P.M. Nilson

  • J.F. Myatt

  • C. Stoeckl

  • P.A. Jaanimagi

  • W. Theobald

  • J.A. Delettrez

  • J.D. Zuegel

  • R. Betti

  • D.D. Meyerhofer

  • T.C. Sangster

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • K.U. Akli

    • General Atomics

  • P.K. Patel

  • A.J. Mackinnon

    • LLNL

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• Temperature measurement of short-pulse heated beryllium using non-collective x-ray Thomson scattering with a Zn K-$\alpha $ line source

  ORAL

  Nov. 4, 2009, 2:24 PM – Nov. 4, 2009, 2:36 PM

  Authors

  • T. Doeppner

    • LLNL

  • A.L. Kritcher

    • LLNL, UC Berkeley

  • O.L. Landen

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • H.J. Lee

    • UC Berkeley
    • Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley CA

  • Sebastien Lepape

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • C. Stoeckl

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester
    • LLE

  • W. Theobald

    • LLE
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • S.H. Glenzer

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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• Transport of MA electron currents in ultra-fast heated conducting solids

  ORAL

  Nov. 4, 2009, 2:36 PM – Nov. 4, 2009, 2:48 PM

  Authors

  • Yasuhiko Sentoku

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Julien Fuchs

    • LULI, Ecole Polytechnique

  • Emmanuel D'Humieres

    • Universite Bordeuax
    • CELIA, Universite Bordeaux 1, CNRS, CEA, Talence, France
    • CELIA, Universite Bordeaux 1, France

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• Energy transport and isochoric heating of ultra-fast heated low-Z targets

  ORAL

  Nov. 4, 2009, 2:48 PM – Nov. 4, 2009, 3:00 PM

  Authors

  • Rohini Mishra

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Yasuhiko Sentoku

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • P. Hakel

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • R. Mancini

    • University of Nevada
    • University of Nevada, Reno
    • University of Nevada, Reno, Physics Department, Reno, NV 89557, USA

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• Hydrodynamic Simulations and Optical Diagnosis of a Long-Scale-Length Channeling Experiment on OMEGA EP

  ORAL

  Nov. 4, 2009, 3:00 PM – Nov. 4, 2009, 3:12 PM

  Authors

  • R.S. Craxton

  • W. Theoald

  • W. Seka

  • S. Ivancic

  • G. Li

  • C. Ren

  • D. Weiner

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

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• Self- Focusing and Channeling of Relativistic Laser Pulses in Underdense Plasmas

  ORAL

  Nov. 4, 2009, 3:12 PM – Nov. 4, 2009, 3:24 PM

  Authors

  • Neda Naseri

    • Department of Physics-University of Alberta-Edmonton-Canada

  • Wojciech Rozmus

    • Department of Physics-University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
    • Department of Physics-University of Alberta-Edmonton-Canada
    • University of Alberta, Canada

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• Millimeter-scale laser channeling in underdense argon plasma diagnosed with K$\alpha $ x-ray imaging*

  ORAL

  Nov. 4, 2009, 3:24 PM – Nov. 4, 2009, 3:36 PM

  Authors

  • N.L. Kugland

    • University of California Los Angeles

  • C.G. Constantin

    • University of California Los Angeles

  • T. Doeppner

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • A. Kemp

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • L. Divol

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • S.H. Glenzer

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • C. Niemann

    • University of California Los Angeles

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• LSP Modeling of Reflection and Absorption of an Intense Laser Pulse from a Solid Target

  ORAL

  Nov. 4, 2009, 3:36 PM – Nov. 4, 2009, 3:48 PM

  Authors

  • Douglass Schumacher

    • The Ohio State University

  • Anthony Link

    • The Ohio State University

  • Vladimir Ovchinnikov

    • The Ohio State University

  • Richard Freeman

    • The Ohio State University

  • Linn Van Woerkom

    • The Ohio State University

  • Mingsheng Wei

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Farhat Beg

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Michael Key

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Andrew Mackinnon

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Pravesh Patel

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Lujbomir Nikolic

    • University of Alberta

  • Ying Tsui

    • University of Alberta

  • Robert Fedosejevs

    • University of Alberta

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• Efficient Generation of High-Quality Proton Beam in Laser Tailored-Target Interaction

  ORAL

  Nov. 4, 2009, 3:48 PM – Nov. 4, 2009, 4:00 PM

  Authors

  • S. Kawata

    • Utsunomiya Univ.

  • K. Takahashi

    • Utsunomiya Univ.

  • D. Satoh

    • Utsunomiya Univ.

  • D. Barada

    • Utsunomiya Univ.

  • Y.Y. Ma

    • National Univ. of Defence Tech., China

  • Z.M. Sheng

    • Shanghai Jio Tong Univ.

  • O. Klimo

    • Czech Tech. Univ. Prague

  • J. Limpouch

    • Czech Tech. Univ. Prague

  • Q. Kong

    • Fudan Univ., China

  • P.X. Wang

    • Fudan Univ., China

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• Radiation Pressure Acceleration of Ions

  ORAL

  Nov. 4, 2009, 4:00 PM – Nov. 4, 2009, 4:12 PM

  Authors

  • A.P.L. Robinson

    • Plasma Physics Group, Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford-Appleton Lab, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX UK

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• The Effect of Hemispherical Target Diameter on Proton Focusing

  ORAL

  Nov. 4, 2009, 4:12 PM – Nov. 4, 2009, 4:24 PM

  Authors

  • T. Bartal

    • UCSD

  • D.P. Higginson

    • UCSD

  • M. Wei

    • UCSD
    • University of California, San Diego
    • University of California San Diego
    • UC San Diego

  • F.N. Beg

    • UCSD
    • University of California San Diego

  • D.S. Hey

    • LLNL

  • S. Le Pape

    • LLNL

  • M.H. Key

    • LLNL

  • Prav Patel

    • LLNL

  • Andrew Mackinnon

    • LLNL

  • H.S. McLean

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • S.A. Gaillard

    • LANL

  • K.A. Flippo

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • LANL

  • D. Offermann

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • LANL

  • R.P. Johnson

    • LANL

  • D.S. Montgomery

    • LANL

  • T. Shimada

    • LANL

  • R. Gonzales

    • LANL

  • S. Reid

    • LANL

  • F. Archuleta

    • LANL

  • S. Letzring

    • LANL

  • T. Hurry

    • LANL

  • Richard Stephens

    • GA
    • General Atomics San Diego

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• Simulations of relativistic positron creation using ultra-intense, short pulse lasers

  ORAL

  Nov. 4, 2009, 4:24 PM – Nov. 4, 2009, 4:36 PM

  Authors

  • Scott Wilks

    • LLNL
    • Lawerence Livermore National Laboratory

  • H. Chen

    • LLNL

  • C.D. Chen

    • LLNL

  • S.N. Chen

    • LLNL

  • J. Gronberg

    • LLNL

  • J. Myatt

    • LLE

  • D.D. Meyerhofer

    • LLE

  • G. Gregori

    • CCLR RAL and University of Oxford

  • C.D. Murphy

    • CCLR RAL and University of Oxford

  • J. Mithen

    • CCLR RAL and University of Oxford

  • D. Welch

    • Voss Sci.

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• Using x-ray-free-electron lasers to generate and probe high-energy-density matter

  ORAL

  Nov. 4, 2009, 4:36 PM – Nov. 4, 2009, 4:48 PM

  Authors

  • Stefan Hau-Riege

    • LLNL

  • Richard London

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • S.H. Glenzer

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Jon Weisheit

    • University of Pittsburg

  • Jim Glosli

    • LLNL

  • Dave Richards

    • LLNL

  • Frank Graziani

    • LLNL

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