Fast Ignition Workshop 2006

Program
for
Invited and Contributed Sessions
at the
9th International Fast Ignition Workshop

November 3-5, 2006

Boston Marriott Cambridge Hotel
Cambridge MA, USA

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3 (SALON 3)

Time	Title	Format	File Size
7:45	Continental Breakfast
8:20–8:30	Welcome and logistics (R. Betti)
	Invited session (Chair: P.A. Norreys)
8:30–8:55	D. Meyerhofer (LLE, University of Rochester) – Preparations for integrated cryogenic fast–ignition experiments on OMEGA/OMEGA EP	PDF	6 MB
8:55–9:20	A. McKinnon (LLNL) – Studies of proton generation and focusing for fast ignition applications	PPT	12.1 MB
9:20–9:45	K.L. Lancaster (RAL, UK) – Energy transport experiments on VULCAN PW	PPT	1.4 MB
9:45–10:05	Break
10:05–10:30	J. Fuchs (LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, France) – Proton acceleration: new developments for focusing and energy selection, and applications in plasma physics	PDF	1.8 MB
10:30–10:55	K.A. Tanaka (ILE, Osaka University, Japan) – Hot electron behaviors relevant to fast ignition	PPT	5 MB
10:55–11:20	F. Beg (UCSD) – Electron transport in wire targets	PDF	15.2 MB
11:20–12:10	Discussion
2:00–2:20	M. Dunne (RAL, UK) – HiPER – an integrated approach towards fast ignition in Europe	PDF	3.6 MB
	Contributed oral session (Chair: R.R. Freeman)
2:20–2:35	M. Geissel (Sandia National Laboratories) – X-ray and proton generation at the 40TW–level with Z–Petawatt	PDF	1 MB
2:35–2:50	J.C. Fernández (LANL) – The LANL research program on ion-based fast ignition	PPT	21.2 MB
2:50–3:05	B.M. Hegelich (LANL) – Ion-driven Fast Ignition (IFI): Concept and experimental results on laser–accelerated carbon ions and their stopping in hot dense plasmas	PPT	14.3 MB
3:05–3:20	K.A. Flippo (LANL) – Short-pulse ion acceleration exceeding scaling laws from flat foils and “Pizza-top Cone” targets at the Trident laser facility	PPT	11.8 MB
3:20–3:35	Break
3:35–3:50	R. Stephens (General Atomics) – Proton beam source suitable for Fast Ignition Targets	PPT	3.7 MB
3:50–4:05	M. Zepf (Queen's University Belfast) – KeV harmonics from solid targets	PPT	1.9 MB
4:05–4:20	P. Patel (LLNL) – Laser interaction characterization experiments above 10²⁰ W/cm² on the 300 J Titan laser	PDF	13.5 MB
4:20–4:35	C.K. Li (MIT) – Measuring E and B fields in laser-produced plasmas with monoenergetic proton radiography	PPT	8.5 MB
4:35–4:50	R.D. Petrasso (MIT) – Monoenergetic particle backlighter for radiography and measuring E and B fields and plasma areal density	PPT	13.5 MB
4:50–5:05	C. Stoeckl (University of Rochester) – Diagnostics for fast-ignitor experiments on OMEGA/OMEGA EP	PDF	6.3 MB

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4

Time	Title	Format	File Size
7:45	Continental Breakfast
	Invited session (Chair: R. Betti, Salon 3)
8:30–8:55	E.I. Moses (LLNL) – Fast ignition program at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	PDF	1.8 MB
8:55–9:20	S. Atzeni (Universita' di Roma, Italy) – Direct–drive targets for fast ignition: design issues and options on the path to high gain	PDF	3.8 MB
9:20–9:45	A.A. Solodov (LLE, University of Rochester) – Gain curves for fast-ignition inertial confinement fusion	PDF	1.7 MB
9:45–10:05	Break
10:05–10:30	R.P.J. Town (LLNL) – Integrated modeling of fast ignition experiments	PDF	7.4 MB
10:30–10:55	W. Theobald (LLE, University of Rochester) – Fast-ignition research at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics	PDF	3 MB
10:55–11:20	L.J. Perkins (LLNL) – The application of “Shock-Ignition” to high gain/yield targets for the National Ignition Facility	PDF	14.5 MB
11:20–12:10	Discussion
2:30–5:20	Contributed poster session (Salon 4)
3:30–3:45	Break
1.	L. Willingale (Imperial College London) – Proton acceleration from critical density foams with the Vulcan Petawatt laser	PDF	5.9 MB
2.	P. Guillou (Ecole polytechnique) – Fast electron transport and heating induced by ultra intense laser beam	PDF	6.9 MB
3.	A. Debayle (Université Bordeaux) – Transport of high current electron beams in dielectric targets	PPT	684 KB
4.	A.A. Andreev (Vavilov State Optical Institute) – Acceleration of a mass–limited target by ultra high intensity laser pulse	PPT	6.1 MB
5.	C. Deutsch (Université Paris XI) – Onset of electromagnetic instabilities in the REB–supercompressed fuel interaction of FIS concern	Not	Available
6.	J. Pasley (UCSD) – Simulations investigating the effect of a DT–ice–covered cone tip on the implosion of a re–entrant cone–guided ICF capsule	PPT	292 KB
7.	M. Wei (UCSD) – LSP modeling of the electron beam propagation in the nail target	PPT	2.2 MB
8.	J. King (UCSD) – Fast electron heating in cone–wire targets	Not	Available
9.	W.M. Sharp (LLNL) – A novel method for using an arbitrary EOS in PIC simulations	PDF	1.2 MB
10.	P. Messmer (Tech–X Corporation) – Kinetic simulations of ultra–fast laser–induced fusion in overdense targets	PDF	964 KB
11.	I. Kaganovich (PPPL) – Effects of finite pulse length, electron temperature, magnetic field, and gas ionization on intense beam pulse neutralization by background plasma	PDF	848 KB
12.	A.J. Kemp (University of Nevada) – Collisional relaxation of super thermal electrons generated by relativistic laser pulses in dense plasma	PDF	1.3 MB
13.	B. Chrisman (University of Nevada) – Integrated 1D simulation of fast ignition	PDF	740 KB
14.	C. Zhou (University of Rochester) – Fast–ignition fuel–assembly scaling laws	PDF	832 KB
15.	K. Anderson (University of Rochester) – 2–D simulations of OMEGA fast–ignition cone targets	PDF	1.3 MB
16.	P.M. Nilson (University of Rochester) – Optical probing measurements of low–Z underdense plasma interactions using the Vulcan petawatt laser	PDF	864 KB
17.	C.D. Chen (MIT) – Comparison of solid and plasma linear energy deposition for electron preheat and fast ignition scenarios	Not	Available
18.	G. Rodriguez (LANL) – Quasi–DC electrical conductivity probing of warm dense matter	PDF	400 KB
19.	K. Highbarger (Ohio State University) – Improving laser/plasma coupling with rough surfaces	PPT	2.3 MB
20.	R.L. Weber (Ohio State University) – Measurement of recombination dynamics in dense plasmas with inner–shell spectroscopy	PPT	2.5 MB
21.	B. Zhang (University of California, Davis) – Petawatt laser generated proton beam focusing and isochoric heating	Not	Available
22.	Le Pape (LLNL) – Proton radiography of megagauss electromagnetic fields generated by the irradiation of a solid target by an ultraintense laser pulse	Not	Available
23.	H. Takabe (Osaka University) – Anomalous transport of high energy electrons in ion acoustic turbulence driven by return current	Not	Available
24.	M. Gerbaux (Université Bordeaux) – Multi–MeV laser–produced particle sources: characterization by activation techniques and interest for nuclear physics	PPT	596 KB
25.	A. Link (Ohio State University) – In situ single shot peak intensity calibration of multi–joule ultraintense laser focus at the Sandia Z–PetaWatt Facility	PPT	1.2 MB
26.	O. Polomarov (University of Texas at Austin) – Computationally efficient description of the relativistic electron beam transport in dense plasma	PPT	2.4 MB
27.	H. Nagatomo (Osaka University) – Target designs of cone–guided implosion for fast ignition	Not	Available

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5 (SALON 3)

Time	Title	Format	File Size
7:45	Continental Breakfast
	Invited session(Chair: M. Tabak)
8:30–8.55	K. Mima (ILE, Osaka University, Japan) – FIREX Project of Osaka University – present and future	PDF	16.2 MB
8:55–9:20	T. Johzaki (ILE, Osaka University, Japan) – Fast ignition integrated simulation for FIREX project	PDF	2 MB
9:20–9:45	J. Honrubia (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain) – Fast electron energy deposition in inertial fusion capsules	PPT	16.3 MB
9:45–10:05	Break
10:05–10:30	G. Shvets (University of Texas at Austin) – Computationally efficient approach to simulating collective stopping of relativistic beams in dense plasmas (Please note that 2 of the movies are not included. Contact the author for help.)	ZIP	20.1 MB
10:30–10:55	B.F. Lasinsky (LLNL) – PIC simulations of short–pulse, high–intensity light impinging on structured targets	PPT	4.6 MB
10:55–11:20	J. Myatt (University of Rochester) – High–intensity laser interactions with solid targets and implications for fast–ignition experiments on OMEGA EP	PDF	1.3 MB
11:20–11:30	H. Azechi (Osaka University) – Impact fast ignition – another pathway to ignition	PDF	2.9 MB
11:30–12:10	Discussion
2:00–2:20	L.V. Woerken (Ohio State University) – The OSU short pulse facility	PPT	1.4 MB
	Contributed oral session (Chair: R.P.J. Town)
2:20–2:35	Y. Sentoku (University of Nevada) – Full–scale PIC simulation of cone guided Fast Ignition	PDF	2.3 MB
2:35–2:50	J.A. Delettrez (University of Rochester) – Hydrodynamic simulations of integrated fast ignition experiments planned for OMEGA/OMEGA EP laser systems	PDF	512 KB
2:50–3:05	R.J. Mason (Research Applications Corporation) – Short pulse laser driven relativistic electron transport in wire and foil targets	PDF	1.3 MB
3:05–3:20	C. Ren (University of Rochester) – Channeling in the underdense plasma of fast ignition targets	PDF	6.1 MB
3:20–3:35	Break
3:35–3:50	J. Tonge (UCLA) – PIC simulation of fast ignition targets with OSIRIS	PDF	32.6 MB
3:50–4:05	J. Myatt (University of Rochester) – Laboratory demonstration of e+e– pair–plasma production on OMEGA EP	PDF	1.1 MB
4:05–4:20	A. Robinson (RAL) – Laser accelerated proton beams for fast ignition ICF	PPT	1.1 MB
4:20–4:35	R. Kingham (Imperial College London) – Recent developments in Vlasov–Fokker–Planck transport simulations relevant to IFE compression	PPT	4.4 MB
4:35–4:50	Brian J. Albright (LANL) – Theory and modeling of laser–accelerated ion beams as possible fast ignitors	PDF	5.2 MB

Questions?
Contact Andrey Solodov
1-585-273-3686

Program for Invited and Contributed Sessions at the 9th International Fast Ignition Workshop November 3-5, 2006 Boston Marriott Cambridge Hotel Cambridge MA, USA

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3 (SALON 3)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5 (SALON 3)

Program
for
Invited and Contributed Sessions
at the
9th International Fast Ignition Workshop

November 3-5, 2006

Boston Marriott Cambridge Hotel
Cambridge MA, USA