High Field Physics and Relativistic Plasmas

Presentations

• Multi-laser QED cascades in 2D and 3D geometry

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 2:00 PM – Nov. 18, 2015, 2:12 PM

  Authors

  • Marija Vranic

    • GoLP / IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal

  • Thomas Grismayer

    • GoLP / IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior T\'ecnico
    • GoLP/IPFN Instituto Superior Tecnico
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
    • Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

  • Ricardo Fonseca

    • DCTI/ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa
    • DCTI/ISCTE Instituto Universitario de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
    • DCTI/ISCTE - Instituto Universitario de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
    • GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fus\~ao Nuclear - Instituto Superior T\'ecnico, Lisbon
    • DCTI, ISCTE-Lisbon University Institute, Lisbon, Portugal

  • Luis Silva

    • GoLP / IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior T\'ecnico
    • IST
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
    • GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fus\~ao Nuclear - Instituto Superior T\'ecnico, Lisbon
    • GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusao Nuclear, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

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• High Intensity Particle Physics at PW-class laser facilities

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 2:12 PM – Nov. 18, 2015, 2:24 PM

  Authors

  • Stepan Bulanov

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab

  • Carl Schroeder

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Eric Esarey

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Timur Esirkepov

    • Kansai Photon Science Institute, JAEA

  • Masaki Kando

    • Kansai Photon Science Institute, JAEA

  • Nikolay Rosanov

    • Vavilov State Optical Institute

  • Georg Korn

    • ELI Beamline Facility, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences

  • Sergey V. Bulanov

    • Kansai Photon Science Institute, JAEA

  • Wim P. Leemans

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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• Photon emission and pair production in the interaction of ultra-intense lasers with electrons

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 2:24 PM – Nov. 18, 2015, 2:36 PM

  Authors

  • Martin Jirka

    • Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

  • Ondrej Klimo

    • Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

  • Sergei Bulanov

    • Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kansai Photon Science Institute, Kyoto, Japan

  • Stefan Weber

    • Institute of Physics of the ASCR, ELI-Beamlines project, Prague, Czech Republic

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• Contrast and Intensity upgrades to the Texas Petawatt laser for hadron generation and non-linear QED experiments

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 2:36 PM – Nov. 18, 2015, 2:48 PM

  Authors

  • Bjorn Manuel Hegelich

    • University of Texas at Austin
    • The University of Texas at Austin

  • Alexey Arefiev

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Todd Ditmire

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Michael E. Donovan

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Gillis Dyer

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Erhard Gaul

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Lance Labun

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Scott Luedtke

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Mikael Martinez

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Edward McCarry

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • David Stark

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Ishay Pomerantz

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Ganesh Tiwari

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Toma Toncian

    • University of Texas at Austin

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• Magnetically collimated pair jets at the LLNL Titan laser

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 2:48 PM – Nov. 18, 2015, 3:00 PM

  Authors

  • Jackson Williams

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Hui Chen

    • LLNL

  • Daniel Barnak

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Riccardo Betti

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Gennady Fiksel

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Andrew Hazi

    • LLNL

  • Shaun Kerr

    • University of Alberta

  • Christine Krauland

    • University of California San Diego

  • Anthony Link

    • LLNL

  • Mario Manuel

    • University of Michigan

  • David Meyerhofer

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Sabrina Nagel

    • LLNL

  • Jaebum Park

    • LLNL

  • Jonathan Peebles

    • University of California San Diego

  • Bradley Pollock

    • LLNL

  • Riccardo Tommasini

    • LLNL

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• Dense High e$+$/e- Ratio Pair Creation using the Texas Petawatt Laser

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 3:00 PM – Nov. 18, 2015, 3:12 PM

  Authors

  • Edison Liang

    • Rice University

  • Alexander Henderson

    • Rice University

  • Wen Fu

    • Rice University

  • Taylor Clarke

    • Rice University

  • Devin Taylor

    • University of Wisconsin

  • Willie Lo

    • Rice University

  • Petr Chaguine

    • Rice University

  • Hannah Hasson

    • Rice University and University of Texas at Austin

  • Gillis Dyer

    • University of Texas, Austin
    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Kristina Serratto

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Nathan Riley

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Michael Donovan

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Todd Ditmire

    • University of Texas at Austin

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• Slow down of a globally neutral relativistic e-e$+$ beam shearing the vacuum

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 3:12 PM – Nov. 18, 2015, 3:24 PM

  Authors

  • E.P. Alves

    • IST
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
    • IST Lisbon, Portugal
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal

  • Thomas Grismayer

    • GoLP / IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior T\'ecnico
    • GoLP/IPFN Instituto Superior Tecnico
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
    • Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

  • M.G. Silveirinha

    • Universidade de Coimbra, Departmento de Engenharia Electrotecnica, Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, 3030-290 Coimbra, Portugal

  • Ricardo Fonseca

    • DCTI/ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa
    • DCTI/ISCTE Instituto Universitario de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
    • DCTI/ISCTE - Instituto Universitario de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
    • GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fus\~ao Nuclear - Instituto Superior T\'ecnico, Lisbon
    • DCTI, ISCTE-Lisbon University Institute, Lisbon, Portugal

  • Luis Silva

    • GoLP / IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior T\'ecnico
    • IST
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
    • GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fus\~ao Nuclear - Instituto Superior T\'ecnico, Lisbon
    • GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusao Nuclear, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

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• Source of collimated multi-MeV photons driven by radiation-reaction of an electron beam in a self-generated magnetic field

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 3:24 PM – Nov. 18, 2015, 3:36 PM

  Authors

  • David Stark

    • Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
    • Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
    • Institute for Fusion Studies, Univ of Texas, Austin

  • Alexey Arefiev

    • Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
    • Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
    • Institute for Fusion Studies, Univ. of Texas at Austin, USA
    • University of Texas at Austin
    • The University of Texas at Austin
    • University of Texas, Austin
    • Institute for Fusion Studies, Univ of Texas, Austin

  • T. Toncian

    • Center for High Energy Density Science The University of Texas at Austin 2515 Speedway Stop C1510 Austin, TX 78712-1204
    • Center for High Energy Density Science, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
    • The University of Texas at Austin
    • University of Texas at Austin

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• Scaling of Ion Acceleration in Super Intense Laser Matter Interaction in Radiative Damping Regime

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 3:36 PM – Nov. 18, 2015, 3:48 PM

  Authors

  • Rishi Pandit

    • Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL

  • Yasuhiko Sentoku

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

  • Edward Ackad

    • Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL

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• Relativistic Laser Pulse Intensification with 3D Printed Micro-Tube Plasma Target

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 3:48 PM – Nov. 18, 2015, 4:00 PM

  Authors

  • Liangliang Ji

    • The Ohio State University

  • Joseph Snyder

    • The Ohio State University

  • Alexander Pukhov

    • Heinrich-Heine-Universit\"at D\"usseldorf
    • Institut f\"ur Theoretische Physik I Heinrich-Heine-Universit\"at D\"usseldorf

  • Kramer Akli

    • The Ohio State University

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• Plasma lens focusing for multi-petawatt lasers

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 4:00 PM – Nov. 18, 2015, 4:12 PM

  Authors

  • John Palastro

    • Naval Research Laboratory
    • Plasma Physics Div., Naval Research Laboratory
    • Naval Research Lab

  • Daniel Gordon

    • Naval Research Laboratory
    • Plasma Physics Div., Naval Research Laboratory
    • Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
    • Naval Research Lab

  • Richard Hubbard

    • Naval Research Laboratory

  • Bahman Hafizi

    • Naval Research Laboratory
    • Naval Research Lab

  • Michael Helle

    • Naval Research Laboratory
    • Plasma Physics Div., Naval Research Laboratory
    • US Naval Research Laboratory
    • Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
    • Naval Research Lab

  • Dmitri Kaganovich

    • Naval Research Laboratory
    • Naval Research Lab

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• Raman Amplification in the Wavebreaking Regime

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 4:12 PM – Nov. 18, 2015, 4:24 PM

  Authors

  • Matthew Edwards

    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University

  • Zeev Toroker

    • Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology

  • Julia Mikhailova

    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University

  • Nathaniel Fisch

    • Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University

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• Exotic and intense lasers with orbital angular momentum for laser plasma interactions

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 4:24 PM – Nov. 18, 2015, 4:36 PM

  Authors

  • Jorge Vieira

    • Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST)
    • GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fus\~ao Nuclear - Instituto Superior T\'ecnico, Lisbon
    • GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusao Nuclear, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

  • R. Trines

    • Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL)
    • Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK

  • E.P. Alves

    • IST
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
    • IST Lisbon, Portugal
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal

  • Ricardo Fonseca

    • DCTI/ISCTE-Instituto Universit\'ario de Lisboa
    • DCTI/ISCTE Lisbon University Institute
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
    • ISCTE - Instituto Universit\'ario Lisboa

  • Jose T. Mendonca

    • IST

  • Peter Norreys

    • University of Oxford

  • R. Bingham

    • Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK
    • RAL
    • RAL Space, STFC, UK

  • Luis Silva

    • GoLP / IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior T\'ecnico
    • IST
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
    • GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
    • GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fus\~ao Nuclear - Instituto Superior T\'ecnico, Lisbon
    • GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusao Nuclear, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

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• Influence of chirp on laser-pulse amplification in Brillouin backscattering schemes

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 4:36 PM – Nov. 18, 2015, 4:48 PM

  Authors

  • Goetz Lehmann

    • Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Germany

  • Friedrich Schluck

    • Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Germany

  • Karl-Heinz Spatschek

    • Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Germany

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