HEDLP FESAC Subpanel > WORKSHOP
A Workshop to solicit the HEDLP community input took place on August 25-27 in Washington D.C. Download the Final Agenda.
Invited Presentations
Fundamental HEDLP
- High Intensity Laser and Energetic Particle–Matter Interaction, Chuang Ren (University of Rochester, cren@lle.rochester.edu)
- Nonlinear Hydrodynamics, Instabilities and Turbulent Mix, Guy Dimonte (Los Alamos National Laboratory, dimonte@lanl.gov)
- Nonlinear optics of HED Plasmas and Laser–Plasma instabilities, Bedros Afeyan (Polymath Research, bedros@polymath-usa.com)
- HEDLP Applications to Astrophysics: The Next Decade, David Arnett (University of Arizona, wdarnett@gmail.com)
- Radiation and Magneto-Hydrodynamics of HED Plasmas, Mark Herrmann (Sandia National Laboratory, mherrma@sandia.gov)
- A New Generation of Material Science, Rip Collins (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, collins7@llnl.gov )
HEDP For Inertial Fusion Energy
- Advanced Target Design for ICF/IFE and the Physics of High Gain, John Perkins (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, perkins3@llnl.gov)
- Laser Inertial Fusion Energy, Andrew Schmitt (Naval Research Laboratory, andrew.schmitt@nrl.navy.mil),
- Ion Beam Driven Heavy Ion Fusion Science, John Barnard (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, jjbarnard@llnl.gov)
- Magneto-Inertial Fusion and Magnetized HED Physics, Bruno Bauer (University of Nevada at Reno, bruno.s.bauer@gmail.com)
- Review of Fast Ignition, Michael Key (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, key1@llnl.gov)
- Z-Pinch Inertial Fusion Energy, Keith Matzen (Sandia National Laboratory, mkmatze@sandia.gov)
Contributive Presentations
- Laboratory Astrophysics at Z: Stellar Interior Opacities, J. Bailey (Sandia National Laboratories)
- Indirect Drive Fast Ignition Target Designs for the National Ignition Facility, D. Clark (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
- Atomic Spectroscopy Group National Institute of Standards and Technology, J. J. Curry (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- NNSA Perspective on Scientific Opportunities in High Energy Density Laboratory Plasma Physics, M. Donovan (National Nuclear Security Administration)
- Laser Acceleration of MeV-GeVIon Beams: the Next Generation of High-Current Accelerators, J. C. Fernández (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
- Proton Generation and Focusing for FI Applications, M.E. Foord (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
- The Collective Effects of Intense Ion and Electron Beams Propagating Through Background Plasma, I.D. Kaganovich (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
- HED Physics of Advanced Z-pinch Loads Including Multi-Planar and Compact Cylindrical Wire Arrays on University-scale Generators, V. L. Kantsyrev (University of Nevada at Reno)
- Ultrafast High Energy Density Plasma Science using High Harmonics, H. Kapteyn, and M. Murnane (University of Colorado)
- Intense Terahertz Generation and Spectroscopy of Warm Dense Plasmas, K. Kim (University of Maryland at College Park)
- The Nevada TeraWatt Facility, J. M. Kindel (University of Nevada at Reno)
- Magnetized, Hot-Spot Implosions on OMEGA, J. P. Knauer (University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics)
- High Energy Density Science and Free-electron Lasers, R. W. Lee (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
- Proton Radiography of Electromagnetic Fields in Laser-Produced High-Energy-Density Plasmas, C. K. Li (MIT)
- Experiments and Modeling of Photoionized Plasmas at Z, R.C. Mancini (University of Nevada at Reno)
- Advanced Transport Studies for HED Science, A.J. Mackinnon (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
- Energy Coupling in Non-Equilibrium ICF Plasmas with OMEGA and NIF, A. R. Miles (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
- Pair-Plasma Creation on kJ-class High-Intensity Lasers, J. Myatt (University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics)
- Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES) Perspective, G. Nardella (OFES)
- A Laser Based Fusion Test Facility (FTF), S.P. Obenschain, (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)
- Creating Warm and Hot Dense Matter, S. P. Regan (University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics)
- Soft X-Ray Laser Interferometry of Dense Plasmas, J.J. Rocca (Colorado State University)
- HEDP Produced on the University-scale Z-pinch generator: from X-pinches to Planar Wire Arrays, A. S. Safronova, (University of Nevada at Reno)
- Connecting Simulations and Experiments in HEDP, R. Stephens (General Atomics Corporation)
- Fast Ignition on OMEGA/OMEGA EP, W. Theobald (University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics)
- Driving Gigabar Shocks With High-Power Lasers and Their Applications to Shock Ignition, W. Theobald (University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics)
- Trapping and Destruction of Long Range High Intensity Optical/Plasma Filaments by Molecular Quantum Wakes, S. Varma (University of Maryland at College Park)
- Recent Numerical Advances for Beam-Driven HEDP Experiments, S.A. Veitzer (Tech-X Corp.)
- Strategy and Issues for Solid Liner MIF Energy, G. A. Wurden (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
- Direct Laser Acceleration of Electrons in the Corrugated Plasma Waveguide, A. York (University of Maryland at College Park)
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