HED: Magnetized HED

Presentations

• Control of the Onset of Magnetic Reconnection in Laser-Plasma Interactions

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 2:00 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 2:12 PM

  Publication: Planned paper - Control of the Onset of Magnetic Reconnection in Laser-Plasma Interactions

  Presenters

  • Joshua L Latham

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Joshua L Latham

    • University of Michigan

  • Brandon K Russell

    • Princeton University
    • University of Michigan

  • Chuanfei Dong

    • Boston University

  • Christopher A Walsh

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Kyle Glen Miller

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Paul T Campbell

    • University of Michigan

  • Louise Willingale

    • University of Michigan

  • Philip M Nilson

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Karl Michael Krushelnick

    • University of Michigan

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• Thomson Scattering Measurements of Pulsed-Power-Driven Guide Field Reconnection Experiments on COBRA

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 2:12 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Thomas Varnish

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Thomas Varnish

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Lansing S Horan

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Eric S Lavine

    • Cornell University

  • William M Potter

    • Cornell University

  • Jack D Hare

    • Cornell University

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• Quantitative shadowgraphy of density structures in radiative magnetic reconnection experiments

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 2:24 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 2:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Lansing Stephen Horan

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Lansing Stephen Horan

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Katherine Chandler

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Rishabh Datta

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • David A Yager-Elorriaga

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Jack D Hare

    • Cornell University

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• Detection of Microinstabilities in the Out-of-Plane Direction of Low-Beta Magnetic Reconnection Driven by Lasers

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 2:36 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 2:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Brandon K Russell

    • Princeton University
    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Brandon K Russell

    • Princeton University
    • University of Michigan

  • Kentaro Sakai

    • National Institute for Fusion Science

  • Yang Zhang

    • Princeton University
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Lan Gao

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • Joseph D Katz

    • University of Rochester - Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Sallee Rae Klein

    • University of Michigan

  • Carolyn C Kuranz

    • University of Michigan
    • OCC

  • Xiaocan Li

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Avram Milder

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Kian Orr

    • Princeton University

  • Geoffrey Pomraning

    • Princeton University

  • Jill Schell

    • University of Michigan

  • Adam J Stanier

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Jongsoo Yoo

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Hantao Ji

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

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• Diagnosing electric and magnetic fields in laser-driven coil targets

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 2:48 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 3:00 PM

  Publication: [1] Y. Zhang, L. Gao, H. Ji, B. Russell, G. Pomraning, J. Griff-McMahon, S. Klein, C. Kuranz, M. Wei, Determining Magnetic and Electric Field Generations in Laser-Driven Coil Targets (Submitted to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.02326)
  [2] L. Gao, Y. Zhang, H. Ji, B. Russell, G. Pomraning, J. Griff-McMahon, S. Klein, C. Kuranz, M. Wei, Record Magnetic Field Generation by Laser-Driven Capacitor-Coil Targets (Submitted to Applied Physics Letters, https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.02332)

  Presenters

  • Yang Zhang

    • Princeton
    • Princeton University & UCAR

  Authors

  • Yang Zhang

    • Princeton
    • Princeton University & UCAR

  • Lan Gao

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • Hantao Ji

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  • Brandon K Russell

    • Princeton University
    • University of Michigan

  • Geoffrey Pomraning

    • Princeton University

  • Jesse Griff-McMahon

    • Princeton University

  • Sallee Rae Klein

    • University of Michigan

  • Carolyn C Kuranz

    • University of Michigan
    • OCC

  • Mingsheng Wei

    • University of Rochester

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• First X-Pinch-Driven Proton Radiography Applied to Exploding Wire Plasmas

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 3:00 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 3:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Vojtech Munzar

    • Czech Tech Univ

  Authors

  • Vojtech Munzar

    • Czech Tech Univ

  • Daniel Klir

    • Czech Tech Univ

  • Jan Novotny

    • Czech Tech Univ

  • Karel Rezac

    • Czech Tech Univ

  • Adam M Bedel

    • University of Michigan

  • Nathaniel Grant Chalmers

    • Cornell University

  • Joe Ming Ju Chen

    • University of Michigan

  • Jakub Cikhardt

    • Czech Tech Univ

  • Balzima Cikhardtova

    • Czech Tech Univ

  • Nicholas M Jordan

    • University of Michigan

  • Vojtech Juras

    • Czech Tech Univ

  • Pavel Kubes

    • Czech Tech Univ

  • Jakub Malir

    • Czech Tech Univ

  • Landon R Tafoya

    • University of Michigan

  • Karel Turek

    • Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences

  • David A Hammer

    • Cornell University

  • Ryan D McBride

    • University of Michigan

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• Study of shock waves in strong magnetic fields

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 3:12 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 3:24 PM

  Presenters

  • zachary J minaker

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  Authors

  • zachary J minaker

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Vladimir V. Ivanov

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Roberto Claudio Mancini

    • U Nevada Reno
    • University of Nevada Reno
    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Thomas White

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Andrei V Maximov

    • University of Rochester

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• First Experiments on Laser-Driven Magnetized Collisionless Shocks on Z

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 3:24 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 3:36 PM

  Presenters

  • David Schneidinger

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  Authors

  • David Schneidinger

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Hannah R Hasson

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Katherine Chandler

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Matthew R Trantham

    • University of Michigan

  • Frances Kraus

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Mirielle H Wong

    • University of Michigan

  • Philip W Moloney

    • Imperial College London

  • Jacob Evans

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Sophia Tsoukalas

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Patrick Hartigan

    • Rice University

  • Jeremy P Chittenden

    • Imperial College London

  • Sergey V Lebedev

    • Imperial College London

  • Carolyn C Kuranz

    • University of Michigan
    • OCC

  • Derek B Schaeffer

    • University of California, Los Angeles

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• Laboratory study of micro-instabilities in the early stages of a quasi-parallel collisionless shock relevant to supernova remnants

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 3:36 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 3:48 PM

  Publication: Bolaños, S. et al., Phys. Rev. E 110, L033201 (2024)

  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

  • Sallee Rae Klein

    • University of Michigan

  • Farhat N Beg

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Damiano Caprioli

    • University of Chicago

  • Alemayahu Bogale

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Michael Pokornik

    • University of California San Diego

  • Tristan Bachmann

    • University of Rochester

  • Madox Carver McGrae-Menge

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Petros Tzeferacos

    • University of Rochester

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• Observations of instabilities within hohlraum-like geometries.

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 3:48 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 4:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Eleanor Tubman

    • University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Eleanor Tubman

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Christopher A Walsh

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Skylar G Dannhoff

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Sophie Hilsabeck

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Mark W Sherlock

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Graeme D Sutcliffe

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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• Differentially rotating free-boundary plasma experiments at the MAGPIE facility

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 4:00 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 4:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Katherine Marrow

    • Imperial College London

  Authors

  • Katherine Marrow

    • Imperial College London

  • Stefano Merlini

    • Imperial College London

  • Jergus Strucka

    • Imperial College London

  • Lee G Suttle

    • Imperial College London

  • Thomas R Mundy

    • Imperial College London

  • Aurora Uras

    • Imperial College London

  • Vicente Valenzuela-Villaseca

    • Department of Astrophysical Sciences
    • Princeton University

  • Sergey V Lebedev

    • Imperial College London

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• Enhanced Emission Cathodes for High Intensity Electron Beam Diodes

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 4:12 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 4:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Mark D. Johnston

    • Sandia National Laboratories
    • University of New Mexico

  Authors

  • Mark D. Johnston

    • Sandia National Laboratories
    • University of New Mexico

  • Mark Allen Gilmore

    • University of New Mexico

  • Theodore C Grabowski

    • Sandia National Laboratories

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