Schedule of Events |
Monday, July 27 |
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| 6:00-8:00 pm |
Reception & Registration |
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Chamisa Courtyard |
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Tuesday, July 28 |
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| 7:30-8:30 |
Breakfast & Registration |
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Chamisa Courtyard |
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8:30 – 6:00 Plenary Session |
Mesa A Ballroom |
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| 8:30-8:45 |
Opening Remarks, objectives: Alan Wootton (UT) |
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| 8:45-9:15 |
An overview of SNL facilities, user experiments and user access: John Porter (SNL) |
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| 9:15-10:00 |
An overview of The Texas Petawatt and other laser research programs: Aaron Bernstein (UT) |
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| 10:00-10:15 |
Break |
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Snacks and Beverages - Promenade |
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| 10:15-12:30 |
Astrophysics research using lasers and pulsed power.
This session organized and chaired by Edison Liang (Rice) and Greg Rochau (SNL) |
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10:15-10:45 |
Edison Liang (SNL)-An overview of laboratory astrophysics experiments |
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10:45-11:15 |
Roberto Mancini (UNR)-Photo ionized plasmas as related to astrophysics |
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11:15-11:45 |
Ehud Behar (TIIT) -Laboratory Astrophysics of Active-Galactic-Nuclei Outflows with Powerful Z Pinch Experiments |
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11:45-12:15 |
Greg Rochau (SNL)-Astrophysics on Z |
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12:15-12:30 |
Discussion |
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| 12:30-1:45 |
Lunch (not provided) |
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| 1:45-3:45 |
Fusion research using lasers and pulsed power. This session organized and chaired by Mark Herrmann (SNL), François Waelbroeck (UT) and Boris Breizman (UT) |
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1:45-2:00 |
Boris Breizman (UT) and Roger Bengtson (UT) - An introduction to cluster fusion: motivation and the first experiment |
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2:00-2:45 |
Boris Breizman (UT) and Roger Bengtson (UT)-Cluster fusion |
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2:45-3:30 |
Steve Slutz (SNL)-Magnetic liner inertial fusion |
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3:30-3:45 |
Discussion |
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| 3:45-4:00 |
Break |
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Snacks and Beverages - Promenade |
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| 4:00-6:00 |
Particles and Beams research using lasers and pulsed power. This session organized and chaired by Briggs Atherton (SNL) and Todd Ditmire (UT) |
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4:00-4:30 |
Marcus Roth (GSI)-Laser driven proton beams and medical applications |
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4:30-5:00 |
Mike Downer (UT)-Wakefield accelerators |
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5:00-5:30 |
Pravesh Patel (LLNL)- An Overview on Proton production and Electron Cone Fast Ignition |
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5:30-5:45 |
Erik Brambrink (Ecole Polytechnique)-Laser generated x-ray sources |
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5:45-6:00 |
Discussion |
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Wednesday, July 29 |
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| 7:30-8:30 |
Breakfast |
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Chamisa Courtyard |
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8:30-10:30 Plenary Session |
Mesa A Ballroom |
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| 8:30-10:30 |
High Energy Density Physics research using lasers and pulsed power. This session organized and chaired by Aaron Bernstein (UT), Gilliss Dyer (UT) and Ray Lemke (SNL) |
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8:30-9:00 |
Ray Lemke (SNL) - Producing HED material states via magnetically driven planar and cylindrical configurations on Z |
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9:00-9:30 |
Mike Cuneo (SNL) - X-ray and magnetic-field-driven HED experiments on the Z facility |
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9:30-10:00 |
David Ampleford (SNL/Imperial College) - Creating HED jets and flows using high current pulsed power facilities |
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10:00-10:25 |
Pravesh Patel (LLNL) – Laser-based experiments on warm dense matter |
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10:25-10:30 |
Discussion |
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| 10:30-10:45 |
Break |
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Snacks & Beverages - Promenade |
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| 10:45-12:45 |
Parallel Breakout Sessions |
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Meeting Rooms (A/V Provided)
Astrophysics: Mesa A
Fusion: Mesa B
Particles and Beams: Ortiz 2
HED: Ortiz 1
Add’l Room: Mesa C |
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| 12:45-1:45 |
Lunch (not provided) |
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| 1:45-3:45 |
Parallel Breakout Sessions continue |
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| 3:45-4:00 |
Break |
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Snacks and Beverages - Promenade |
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| 4:00 – ‘End of Day’ |
Parallel Breakout Sessions continue |
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Breakout Session Schedule
Astrophysics
Room: Mesa A
Organizers: Edison Liang (Rice) and Greg Rochau (SNL)
- Greg Rochau (SNL)-Possible astrophysics experiments on Z (5 minutes)
- Wendell Horton (UT)-Simulating solar wind interactions; what has been done and what could be done (20 minutes)
- Don Winget (UT)-White dwarfs (20 minutes)
Fusion
Room: Mesa B
Organizers: Mark Herrmann (SNL), François Waelbroeck (UT) and Boris Breizman (UT)
First: Cluster fusion,organized by Boris Breizman (UT)
- Size Distribution of Microclusters in Laser-Irradiated Plasmas by Alex Arefiev (UT)
- Modeling Approach for Cluster Explosion and Confinement by David Rose (Voss)
- Kinetic Modeling of Laser-Induced Fusion by Peter Stoltz (Tech-X)
- Design of High Magnetic Field Experiment by Ken Struve (SNL)
Second: Magnetic liner inertial fusion, organized by Mark Herrmann (SNL)
Particles and Beams
Room: Ortiz 2
Organizers: Briggs Atherton (SNL) and Todd Ditmire (UT)
Matthias Geissel (SNL) -Developing proton beams for cancer therapy
High Energy Density Physics
Room: Ortiz 1
Organizers: Aaron Bernstein (UT), Gilliss Dyer (UT) and Ray Lemke (SNL)
Discussion Points:
- Directions of HED studies using pulsed techniques
- Efforts combining electrical and laser systems
- Ongoing collaborations and opportunities
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Thursday, July 30 |
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| 7:30-8:30 |
Breakfast |
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Chamisa Courtyard |
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8:30-12:30 Plenary Session |
Mesa A Ballroom |
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| 8:30-9:15 |
Summary and discussion of astrophysics breakout session, with proposed research: Edison Liang and Greg Rochau |
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| 9:15-10:00 |
Summary and discussion of Fusion breakout session, with proposed research: Mark Hermann, François Waelbroeck and Boris Breizman |
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| 10:00-10:15 |
Break |
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Snacks and Beverages - Promenade |
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| 10:15-11:00 |
Summary and discussion of particles and beams break-out session, with proposed research: Todd Ditmire and Briggs Atherton |
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| 11:15-11:45 |
Summary and discussion of High Energy Density Physics breakout session, with proposed research: Aaron Bernstein, Gilliss Dyer and Ray Lemke |
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| 11:45-12:00 |
General discussion, including any other ideas |
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| 12 noon |
Closing remarks: Alan Wootton |
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| Boxed Lunches Provided - Promenade |
