Lab Astro and Extreme Physics

INVITED · JI01 · ID: 1739997

Presentations

  • Laboratory tests of astrophysical black hole accretion disk plasma models using the Z-machine at Sandia National Laboratories

    ORAL · Invited

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    Presenters

    • Patricia B Cho

      University of Texas at Austin

    Authors

    • Patricia B Cho

      University of Texas at Austin

    • Guillaume P Loisel

      Sandia National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories

    • Taisuke N Nagayama

      Sandia National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories

    • James E Bailey

      Sandia National Laboratories

    • Daniel C Mayes

      University of Texas at Austin

    • Christopher J Fontes

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Isaac D Huegel

      University of Texas at Austin

    • Javier Garcia

      NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

    • Tim Kallman

      NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

    • Stephanie B Hansen

      Sandia National Laboratories

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  • Particle Acceleration and Ion Acoustic Waves during Magnetically Driven Reconnection using Laser-Powered Capacitor Coils

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: [1] L. Gao, H. Ji, G. Fiksel, W. Fox, M. Evans, and N. Alfonso, "Ultrafast Proton Radiography of the Magnetic Fields Generated by Laser-Driven Coil Currents", Phys. Plasmas 23, 043106 (2016).
    [2] M. Yamada, H. Ji, S. Hsu, T. Carter, R. Kulsrud, N. Bretz, F. Jobes, Y. Ono, and F. Perkins, "Study of driven magnetic reconnection in a laboratory plasma", Phys. Plasmas 4, 1936 (1997).
    [3] A. Chien, L. Gao, S. Zhang, H. Ji, E. Blackman, W. Daughton, A. Stanier, A. Le, F. Guo, R. Follett, H. Chen, G. Fiksel, G. Bleotu, R. Cauble, S. Chen, A. Fazzini, K. Flippo, O. French, D. Froula, J. Fuchs, S. Fujioka, K. Hill, S. Klein, C. Kuranz, P. Nilson, A. Rasmus, R. Takizawa, "Non-thermal electron acceleration from magnetically driven reconnection in a laboratory plasma", Nat. Phys. 19, 254 (2023).
    [4] S. Zhang, A. Chien, L. Gao, H. Ji, E. Blackman, R. Follett, D. Froula, J. Katz, C. Li, A. Birkel, R. Petrasso, J. Moody, H. Chen, "Ion and Electron Acoustic Bursts during Anti-Parallel Reconnection Driven by Lasers", Nat. Phys. 19, 909 (2023).
    [5] H. Ji, W. Daughton, J. Jara-Almonte, A. Le, A. Stanier, and J. Yoo, "Magnetic reconnection in the era of exascale computing and multiscale experiments", Nat. Rev. Phys. 4, 263 (2022).

    Presenters

    • Hantao Ji

      Princeton University

    Authors

    • Hantao Ji

      Princeton University

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  • Laboratory study of the initial stages of quasi-parallel collisionless shocks at high Alfvén Mach number

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: S. Bolaños et al.,Phys. Rev. Lett. (under review)

    Presenters

    • Simon Bolaños

      University of California, San Diego

    Authors

    • Simon Bolaños

      University of California, San Diego

    • Mathieu Bailly-Grandvaux

      University of California, San Diego

    • Mario J Manuel

      General Atomics, General Atomics - San Diego

    • Damiano Caprioli

      University of Chicago

    • Farhat Beg

      University of California, San Diego, University of California San Diego, Center for Energy Research UC San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093

    • Sallee R Klein

      University of Michigan

    • David Michta

      University of Rochester

    • Petros Tzeferacos

      University of Rochester

    • Alemayehu Bogale

      University of California, San Diego

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  • Electronic structure of Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> above 700 GPa

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: There are two planned publications for this work:

    1) D. A. Chin, P. M. Nilson, R. Paul, M. E. Signor, A. Amouretti, M. Harmand,
    I. Ocampo, T. Duffy, D. N. Polsin, J. J. Ruby, D. T. Bishel, E. Smith, X. Gong,
    M. K. Ginnane, T. -A. Suer, F. Coppari, Y. Ping, J. R. Rygg, G. W. Collins;
    Electronic Structure of Fe2O3 above 700 GPa, Phys. Rev. Lett. in prep.

    2) D. A. Chin, P. M. Nilson, R. Paul, M. E. Signor, A. Amouretti, M. Harmand, I.
    Ocampo, T. Duffy, D. N. Polsin, J. J. Ruby, D. T. Bishel, E. Smith, X. Gong, M.
    K. Ginnane, T. -A. Suer, F. Coppari, Y. Ping, J. R. Rygg, G. W. Collins; Ionic
    Structure of Fe2O3 above 700 GPa, Phys. Rev. B in prep.

    Presenters

    • David A Chin

      University of Rochester

    Authors

    • David A Chin

      University of Rochester

    • Philip M Nilson

      Lab for Laser Energetics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

    • Reetam Paul

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Matthew E Signor

      University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

    • Marion Harmand

      Sorbonne Universite

    • Danae N Polsin

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics

    • Ian K Ocampo

      Princeton University

    • John J Ruby

      Lab for Laser Energetics

    • David T Bishel

      University of Rochester

    • Ethan Smith

      University of Rochester

    • Xuchen Gong

      Lab for Laser Energetics

    • Mary Kate Ginnane

      University of Rochester

    • Federica Coppari

      Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

    • Yuan Ping

      Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

    • Gilbert W Collins

      University of Rochester

    • J. Ryan Rygg

      University of Rochester

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