2011 Workshop and User Meeting on Fundamental Science using Pulsed Power and High Power Lasers

 

Updated September 26, 2011

Workshop Details

A workshop to discuss fundamental science experiments that are being, and could be, undertaken on the pulsed power and laser facilities at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and the University of Texas (UT).  A user meeting, in which current and prospective users can present their research, and hear plans for user access, planned experiments, facility capabilities, and facility schedules. Up to 15% of the shot time on the Z facility is now available for fundamental science.   The workshop is being held under the auspices of the Institute for High Energy Density Science, joint between UTX and SNL.

 

 

Objective

1.  Provide existing Z-facility and UT-laser fundamental science working groups a venue to meet to discuss data, and to prepare for future experiments.   Where appropriate, grow the working groups.
2.  Present and discuss new ideas and opportunities for fundamental science, and where appropriate initiate new working groups
3.  Present facility capabilities and planning for fundamental science

 

Location and Dates

The meeting will be held on Thursday, July 28, Friday, July 29, and Saturday, July 30 (half day) at the Eldorado Hotel & Spa.  In addition, there will be a reception on the evening of Wednesday, July 27(travel day).  

 

Registration

REMINDER: Please complete the registration form and mail it along with the appropriate registration fee no later than Friday, June 17, 2011.

If you plan on attending the workshop, but have decided to pay the registration fee on-site ($350), we ask that you complete your registration form and email it to Maria Aguirre in order to have an accurate count for catering purposes.

 

Pre-Registration (by 1 June)

Registration (by 17 June)

On-Site (After 17 June)

$300

$325

$350

Payment Methods: (we do not accept credit cards, purchase orders or wire transfers)

- U.S. Participants must mail a check postmarked Wednesday, June 1 in order to qualify for pre-registration fee.  Make check payable to “UT Austin” (memo: IHEDS) in U.S. dollars and drawn on a U.S. bank.

- Foreign Participants must fill in out the registration form and email to Maria Aguirre by Wednesday, June 1 in order to quality for pre-registration fee.  They will be expected to pay the registration fee on-site in cash or with travelers check.

Attn: Maria Aguirre
Center for High Energy Density Science
1 University Station #C1510
Austin, TX  78712

*Requests for registration cancellation must be received via e-mail (maria.aguirre@mail.utexas.edu) by Friday, June 24, 2011.  All refunds will be assessed a $50 cancellation fee regardless of reason for cancellation.  If you have not received email confirmation of your registration prior to your departure to the workshop, please contact Maria Aguirre (maria.aguirre@mail.utexas.edu).

 

Lodging Information

Eldorado Hotel & Spa
Reservation Deadline (for discounted rate):  Saturday, July 9, 2011
Guest room rates: $100 single/double for July 27-29, 2011
Group Code:1894
For reservations call (800) 955 4455.

 

 

Meeting Format

Draft agenda


Wednesday July 27
Travel day, 6 pm reception

 

Thursday July 28

Introduction, proposal review process – Alan Wootton (UT)
Session 1a: User experiments: status at Z. Chaired by Alan Wootton (UT)
  • White dwarf work status: Don Winget (UT)
  • Opacity work: Anil Pradhan (OSU)
  • Solar opacity work status: Jim Bailey (SNL) 
  • Photo-ionized plasma work status: Roberto Mancini (UNR)
  • Black hole accretion disk status: Duane Liedahl (SNL) – decision pending
  • Jovian planet work status: Nadine Nettelmann (Rostok) 
  • Earth core work status: Stein Jacobsen (Harvard)
Session 1b: User experiments:  status at UT. Chaired by Mike Donovan (UT)
  • Proton acceleration work status:  Rick Freeman (Ohio St)  
  • Cluster fusion work status: Gilliss Dyer (UT)  
  • Wakefield acceleration work status: Mike Downer or nominee (UT)
  • Antimatter: Edison Laing (Rice)
Session 2: Facility access, facility status. Chaired by Briggs Atherton (SNL)
  • Z diagnostics
  • Z user access: Briggs Atherton (SNL)
  • Z plasma platforms - those used in the astrophysics experiments
  • UT user capabilities: Mike Donovan (UT)

    Friday July 29

Session 3: Break-out sessions:

    3.1) Magnetized HED, chaired by Dan Sinars (SNL)

    • Magnetized liner fusion:  scaled ionization experimental possibilities
    • Cluster fusion

    3.2) Planetary Science, chaired by Thomas Mattsson (SNL)

    • Earth core – working group prepares for experiments
    • Jupiter – working group prepares for experiments

    3.3) Astrophysics, chaired by Don Winget (UT) and Jim Bailey (SNL)

    • White dwarf (including magnetic field effects)
    • Stellar opacities
    • Photoionized plasmas
    • Black hole accretion disks and RAD

     

    Sat July 30

    Out-brief from panel chairs

     

     

     

    Workshop Contacts

    Scientific and Technical
    Dr. Alan Wootton
    wootton1@comcast.net
     (865) 806 1709

    Administrative
    Maria Aguirre
    maria.aguirre@mail.utexas.edu
    (512) 471 3274

    Cari Gerlock
    cagerlo@sandia.gov
    (505) 844 1864