Lab Astro and Extreme Physics

Presentations

• Creating observable QED collective plasma effects

  ORAL · Invited

  Oct. 31, 2023, 2:00 PM – Oct. 31, 2023, 2:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Kenan Qu

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Kenan Qu

    • Princeton University

  • Nathaniel J Fisch

    • Princeton University
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

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• Examining astrophysical gas-cloud collapse using an optical depth-scaled, x-ray-irradiated, carbon-foam sphere

  ORAL · Invited

  Oct. 31, 2023, 2:30 PM – Oct. 31, 2023, 3:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Robert W VanDervort

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Robert W VanDervort

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

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

  ORAL · Invited

  Oct. 31, 2023, 3:00 PM – Oct. 31, 2023, 3:30 PM

  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

  Oct. 31, 2023, 3:30 PM – Oct. 31, 2023, 4:00 PM

  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

  Oct. 31, 2023, 4:00 PM – Oct. 31, 2023, 4:30 PM

  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 Fe₂O₃ above 700 GPa

  ORAL · Invited

  Oct. 31, 2023, 4:30 PM – Oct. 31, 2023, 5:00 PM

  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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