Fast Ignition - Simulations

Presentations

• Simulations of Implosion and Core Heating for Integrated Cone-in-Shell Fast-Ignition Experiments on OMEGA

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2011, 9:30 AM – Nov. 17, 2011, 9:42 AM

  Authors

  • A.A. Solodov

  • K.S. Anderson

  • W. Theobald

  • R. Betti

  • J.F. Myatt

  • C. Stoeckl

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics and Fusion Science Center for Extreme States of Matter, U. of Rochester

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• ICF Fast Ignition with Ultra-Relativistic Electron Beams

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2011, 9:42 AM – Nov. 17, 2011, 9:54 AM

  Authors

  • Claude Deutsch

    • LPGP UParis XI
    • LPGP UParis-Sud

  • Jean-Pierre Didelez

    • IPN UParis XI
    • IPN UParis-Sud

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• Interaction of intense multi-picosecond laser pulses with matter

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2011, 9:54 AM – Nov. 17, 2011, 10:06 AM

  Authors

  • Andreas Kemp

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Laurent Divol

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Bruce Cohen

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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• Magnetic, Material and Geometric Focusing Aids in Hot Electron Driven Fast Ignition

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2011, 10:06 AM – Nov. 17, 2011, 10:18 AM

  Authors

  • R.J. Mason

    • Research Applications Corp

  • R.J. Faehl

    • Research Applications Corp

  • R.C. Kirkpatrick

    • Research Applications Corp

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• A new type of hybrid code for fast-electron transport with hydrodynamic response

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2011, 10:18 AM – Nov. 17, 2011, 10:30 AM

  Authors

  • Robert Kingham

    • Imperial College London

  • Brennig Williams

    • Imperial College London

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• Full-scale PIC simulations of fast ignition

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2011, 10:30 AM – Nov. 17, 2011, 10:42 AM

  Authors

  • Luis Silva

    • Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa Portugal
    • Instituto Superior T\'ecnico
    • GoLP/IPFN - LA - Instituto Superior Tecnico
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal
    • Instituto Superior Tecnico
    • GoLP/IPFN - LA Instituto Superior Tecnico
    • GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusao Nuclear - Laboratorio Associado, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
    • GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fus\~ao Nuclear - Laborat\'orio Associado, Instituto Superior T\'ecnico, Lisboa, Portugal
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior T\'ecnico, Lisboa, Portugal
    • GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fus\~ao Nuclear, Instituto Superior T\'ecnico, Lisboa
    • Insituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa Portugal

  • F. Fiuza

    • GoLP/IPFN - LA - Instituto Superior Tecnico
    • Instituto Superior Tecnico
    • GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fus\~ao Nuclear, Instituto Superior T\'ecnico, Lisboa

  • Michael Marti

    • GoLP/IPFN - LA - Instituto Superior Tecnico

  • Ricardo Fonseca

    • GoLP/IPFN - LA - Instituto Superior Tecnico
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal
    • Instituto Superior Tecnico
    • DCTI/ISCTE, GoLP/IPFN - LA Instituto Superior Tecnico
    • GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusao Nuclear - Laboratorio Associado, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
    • GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fus\~ao Nuclear - Laborat\'orio Associado, Instituto Superior T\'ecnico, Lisboa, Portugal; DCTI, ISCTE - Lisbon University
    • DCTI, ISCTE, Lisbon University Institute, Lisbon, Portugal

  • John Tonge

    • UCLA
    • Department of Physics \& Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles

  • J. May

    • UCLA

  • Warren Mori

    • University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles
    • UCLA
    • University of California Los Angeles
    • University of California, Los Angeles

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• PIC modeling of material dependence on fast electron generation and transport

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2011, 10:42 AM – Nov. 17, 2011, 10:54 AM

  Authors

  • R. Mishra

    • UCSD

  • M.S. Wei

    • GA

  • S. Chawla

    • USCD, LLNL

  • Y. Sentoku

    • UNR

  • R.B. Stephens

    • GA

  • F.N. Beg

    • UCSD

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• Cone Material Dependence of Fast Ignition Core Heating

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2011, 10:54 AM – Nov. 17, 2011, 11:06 AM

  Authors

  • Tomoyuki Johzaki

    • Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
    • Institute for Laser Technology

  • Atsushi Sunahara

    • Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
    • Institute for Laser Technology

  • Y. Sentoku

    • University of Nevada, Reno
    • Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
    • UNR

  • Hideo Nagatomo

    • Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
    • Osaka University, ILE

  • Kunioki Mima

    • Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University

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• Reduction of pre-formed plasma inside a cone target for fast ignition

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2011, 11:06 AM – Nov. 17, 2011, 11:18 AM

  Authors

  • Atsushi Sunahara

    • Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
    • Institute for Laser Technology

  • Tomoyuki Johzaki

    • Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
    • Institute for Laser Technology

  • Hideo Nagatomo

    • Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
    • Osaka University, ILE

  • Hiroyuki Shiraga

    • Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University

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• Particle-in-cell simulations with charge-conserving current deposition on graphic processing units

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2011, 11:18 AM – Nov. 17, 2011, 11:30 AM

  Authors

  • Chuang Ren

    • University of Rochester

  • Xianglong Kong

    • University of Rochester

  • Michael Huang

    • University of Rochester

  • Viktor Decyk

    • UCLA
    • UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

  • Warren Mori

    • University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles
    • UCLA
    • University of California Los Angeles
    • University of California, Los Angeles

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• LSP simulations of the effect of scattering on hot electron transport

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2011, 11:30 AM – Nov. 17, 2011, 11:42 AM

  Authors

  • A.G. Krygier

    • Ohio State University

  • S. Jiang

    • Ohio State University

  • V. Ovchinnikov

    • Ohio State University

  • D.W. Schumacher

    • Ohio State University

  • R.R. Freeman

    • Ohio State University

  • A. Link

    • LLNL

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• Experimental and LSP modeling study of pre-pulse effects on the laser-plasma interaction by using a 527 nm laser pulse

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2011, 11:42 AM – Nov. 17, 2011, 11:54 AM

  Authors

  • G.E. Kemp

    • OSU/LLNL

  • D.W. Schumacher

    • OSU

  • Tony Link

    • LLNL
    • Ohio State University

  • Richard Freeman

    • OSU
    • The Ohio State University

  • Hal Friesen

    • U of A
    • University of Alberta

  • Henry Tiedje

    • U of A
    • University of Alberta

  • Ying Tsui

    • U of A
    • University of Alberta

  • R. Fedosejevs

    • U of A
    • U of Alberta
    • University of Alberta
    • Univ. of Alberta, Canada

  • D.P. Higginson

    • UCSD/LLNL

  • Farhat Beg

    • UCSD
    • UC San Diego
    • University of California San Diego
    • U California San Diego
    • University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
    • University of California-San Diego, USA

  • M.H. Key

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Harry McLean

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Prav Patel

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Richard Stephens

    • General Atomics
    • GA

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• LSP modeling of ultra-intense lasers on cone-coupled wire targets: effect of cone thickness

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2011, 11:54 AM – Nov. 17, 2011, 12:06 PM

  Authors

  • Chris Orban

    • The Ohio State University, Department of Physics, Columbus, OH 43210, USA

  • Vladimir Ovichinnikov

    • The Ohio State University, Department of Physics, Columbus, OH 43210, USA

  • Kramer Akli

    • The Ohio State University, Department of Physics, Columbus, OH 43210, USA

  • Anthony Link

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA

  • Douglass Schumacher

    • The Ohio State University, Department of Physics, Columbus, OH 43210, USA

  • Richard Freeman

    • The Ohio State University, Department of Physics, Columbus, OH 43210, USA

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• LSP Simulations of High Intensity Short Pulse Lasers Incident On Reduced Mass Targets

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2011, 12:06 PM – Nov. 17, 2011, 12:18 PM

  Authors

  • Frank W. King

    • The Ohio State University

  • Vladimir M. Ovchinnikov

    • The Ohio State University

  • Douglass Schumacher

    • The Ohio State University

  • Kramer U. Akli

    • The Ohio State University

  • R.R. Freeman

    • The Ohio State University

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• LSP simulations of eliminating electron refluxing in Fast Ignition related experiments

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2011, 12:18 PM – Nov. 17, 2011, 12:30 PM

  Authors

  • Vladimir Ovchinnikov

  • Kramer Akli

  • Gregory Kemp

  • Andrew Krygier

  • Linn Van Woerkom

  • Douglass Schumacher

  • Richard Freeman

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