Session FO1: Plasma Technology: ICF Targets, Plasma Probe, Shield and Thruster

Chair: Abbas Nikroo, General Atomics
Adam's Mark Hotel - Governor's Square 10


Tuesday, October 25, 2005
9:30AM - 9:42AM

FO1.00001: Overview of Target Fabrication in Support of Sandia National Laboratories
Diana Schroen , Eric Breden , Joseph Florio , Joshua Gregory , Suzi Grine-Jones , Randy Holt , Wojtek Krych , Katherine Nelson , Nicole Petta , Chris Russell , Johann Seamen , Gary Smith , Justin Stolp , Jonathan Streit

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
9:42AM - 9:54AM

FO1.00002: Fabrication of Graded Germanium-doped CH Shells
K.-C. Chen , H. Huang , A. Nikroo , S. Letts , R. Cook

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
9:54AM - 10:06AM

FO1.00003: Laser Welding Micro-Holes in Beryllium Capsules
N.B. Alexander , R. Gallix , D.T. Frey , S.E. Grant

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
10:06AM - 10:18AM

FO1.00004: Measuring Dopant Concentration in Graded NIF Targets through Quantitative Contact \hbox{X-Radiography}
H. Huang , R.B. Stephens , J. Gunther

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
10:18AM - 10:30AM

FO1.00005: Phase contrast radiography for dynamic plasma experiments
Brian Spears , D.H. Munro , K. Twelker , M.M. Marinak , M.J. Edwards

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
10:30AM - 10:42AM

FO1.00006: Phase-contrast imaging and femtosecond stroboscopy with an ultrafast laser-based hard x-ray source
J.C. Kieffer , R. Toth , A. Krol , S. Fourmaux , J.L. Bourgade

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
10:42AM - 10:54AM

FO1.00007: Calibration of the Cryogenic Target Optical Shadowgraphic Characterization System at LLE
D.H. Edgell , R.S. Craxton , L.M. Elasky , D.R. Harding , L.S. Iwan , R.L. Keck , L.D. Lund , S.J. Verbridge , M.D. Wittman , W. Seka

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
10:54AM - 11:06AM

FO1.00008: Neutron Time-of-Flight Detectors Based on Vacuum Photodiodes for the NIF and LMJ
V.Yu. Glebov , T.C. Sangster , C. Stoeckl , S. Roberts , M.J. Moran , B. Davis

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
11:06AM - 11:18AM

FO1.00009: Radially-Resolved Measurements of the Effect of Boundary Walls in Radiation Transport Experiments
C.A. Back , O.A. Hurricane , J.H. Hammer , J.I. Castor , S.A. Maclaren , O.L. Landen , M.D. Rosen

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
11:18AM - 11:30AM

FO1.00010: Evaluation of liquid Sn as a plasma-facing component: Sputtering yield measurements
Matthew Coventry , David Ruzic

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
11:30AM - 11:42AM

FO1.00011: Development of an energetic plasma source for simulating edge localized mode plasma interactions with first wall and diverter materials
David Ruzic , Travis Gray , Benjamin Masters

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
11:42AM - 11:54AM

FO1.00012: Using Laser Deflection Diagnostics to Profile Densities of Accelerated SCTs on CTIX
Samuel Brockington , David Hwang , Robert Horton , Russell Evans , Stephen Howard

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
11:54AM - 12:06PM

FO1.00013: Plasma Shield
Ady Hershcovitch

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
12:06PM - 12:18PM

FO1.00014: Double layer and thrust
Amnon Fruchtman

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
12:18PM - 12:30PM

FO1.00015: History of improvements in single-pass ICRH ion acceleration in the VASIMR engine
Edgar Bering , Leonard Cassady , Michael Brukardt , Franklin Chang-Diaz , Jared Squire , Timothy Glover , Alfonso Tarditi , Verlin Jacobson , Greg McCaskill , Roger D. Bengtson

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Session FO2: Basic Plasma: Laser-Plasma, Beam-Plasma, and Other

Chair: John Kline, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Adam's Mark Hotel - Governor's Square 11


Tuesday, October 25, 2005
9:30AM - 9:42AM

FO2.00001: Hydrodynamics of Blast Waves in LPI Gasbags
Shon Prisbrey , Larry Suter , Nathan Meezan

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
9:42AM - 9:54AM

FO2.00002: Plasma filling in small, hot targets at the NIF and OMEGA lasers*
M.B. Schneider , D.E. Hinkel , B.K. Young , J.P. Holder , A.B. langdon , L.J. Suter , O.L. Landen , D.H. Kalantar , R. Kirkwood , B.J. MacGowan , S.N. Dixit , A.J. Mackinnon , J.W. McDonald , M.J. May , C. Niemann , K.M. Campbell , J. Schein, F. Weber , K. Widmann , H.A. Baldis , C. Constantin, S. Ross , W. Seka , R. Bahr, C. Stoeckl , V. Glebov , G. Holland, J. Seely , J.F. Foster

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
9:54AM - 10:06AM

FO2.00003: The KL Mix Model Applied to Directly Driven Capsules on the Omega Laser
Robert Tipton , Karnig Mikaelian , Hye-Sook Park , Guy Dimonte , J.R. Rygg , C.K. Li

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
10:06AM - 10:18AM

FO2.00004: Self-Similar Evolution of Dense Plasmas into Nano-Clusters
Yong W. Kim , Hedok Lee

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
10:18AM - 10:30AM

FO2.00005: Ion Temperature Measurements Behind a Normal Ionizing Shock Wave
Chavis Raynor , Joseph Johnson III , Nirmol Podder

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
10:30AM - 10:42AM

FO2.00006: Nonlinear generation of ion-acoustic harmonics by stimulated Brillouin scattering
Dustin Froula , L. Divol , C. Rousseaux , S. Ross , N. Meezan , D. Price , S. Dixit , S. Glenzer

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
10:42AM - 10:54AM

FO2.00007: Detrapping accelerations in a strong electron-beam
Tsuyoshi Takeda , Keiichiro Yamagiwa

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
10:54AM - 11:06AM

FO2.00008: 3D Instability and Subsequent Saturation of an Electron Beam Penetrating an Overdense Plasma
A.G. Sgro

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
11:06AM - 11:18AM

FO2.00009: Stochastization as a cause of fast reconnection of neoclassical tearing modes
Olgierd Dumbrajs , Valentin Igochine , Dana Constantinescu , Hartmut Zohm

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
11:18AM - 11:30AM

FO2.00010: Elliptic and hyperelliptic magnetohydrodynamic equilibria
Henri Tasso , George Throumoulopoulos

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Session FO3: Compression and Burn

Chair: Steven Haan, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Adam's Mark Hotel - Governor's Square 15


Tuesday, October 25, 2005
9:30AM - 9:42AM

FO3.00001: Z-pinch Driven Fusion Capsules using the Hybrid Hohlraum Concept
Stephen Slutz , Roger Vesey

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
9:42AM - 9:54AM

FO3.00002: High-Z Coatings Produce Significant Improvements in the Fusion Burn of Laser Driven ICF Implosions
A. Mostovych , D. Colombant , M. Karasik , A. Schmidt , J. Weaver , J. Knauer

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
9:54AM - 10:06AM

FO3.00003: Experimental study of fill-tube hydrodynamic effects on implosion
N. Izumi , D. Callahan , R. Cook , J. Edwards , S. Haan , J. Klingmann , J. Koch , O. Landen , S. Langer , S. Letts , R. Seugling , B. Spears , C. Sorce , R. Turner , R. Wallace

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
10:06AM - 10:18AM

FO3.00004: Simulations of Omega Fill Tube Experiments
Steven H. Langer , Steven W. Haan , Nobuhiko Izumi , Jeff Koch , Howard A. Scott , Michael John Edwards

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
10:18AM - 10:30AM

FO3.00005: The effects of fill tubes and capsule perturbations on NIF ignition implosions.
John Edwards , Marty Marinak , Brian Spears , Tom Dittrich , Steve Haan

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
10:30AM - 10:42AM

FO3.00006: Target Performance of Direct-Drive, D$_{2}$-, D$^{3}$He- and DT-Filled, Plastic-Shell Implosions on OMEGA
S.P. Regan , J.A. Delettrez , V.Yu. Glebov , V.N. Goncharov , J.P. Knauer , J.A. Marozas , F.J. Marshall , R.L. McCrory , P.W. McKenty , D.D. Meyerhofer , P.B. Radha , T.C. Sangster , S. Skupsky , V.A. Smalyuk , C. Stoeckl , J.R. Rygg , J.A. Frenje , C.K. Li , R.D. Petrasso , F.H. S\'{e}guin

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
10:42AM - 10:54AM

FO3.00007: Direct-Drive, Low-Adiabat ICF Implosions
J.P. Knauer , K. Anderson , R. Betti , T.J.B. Collins , V.Yu. Glebov , V.N. Goncharov , F.J. Marshall , D.D. Meyerhofer , P.B. Radha , S.P. Regan , C. Stoeckl , J.A. Frenje , C.K. Li , R.D. Petrasso , F.H. S\'{e}guin

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
10:54AM - 11:06AM

FO3.00008: Two-Dimensional Simulations of Low-Adiabat Plastic Shell Implosions on OMEGA
P.B. Radha , R. Betti , V.Yu. Glebov , V.N. Goncharov , J.P. Knauer , P.W. McKenty , J.A. Marozas , D.D. Meyerhofer , S.P. Regan , T.C. Sangster , C. Stoeckl

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
11:06AM - 11:18AM

FO3.00009: Recent Cryogenic Implosion Results on OMEGA
T.C. Sangster , J.A. Delettrez , V.Yu. Glebov , V.N. Goncharov , D.R. Harding , J.P. Knauer , F.J. Marshall , P.W. McKenty , D.D. Meyerhofer , P.B. Radha , S.P. Regan , S. Skupsky , V.A. Smalyuk , C. Stoeckl , J.A. Frenje , C.K. Li , R.D. Petrasso , F.H. S\'{e}guin

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
11:18AM - 11:30AM

FO3.00010: Studies of shock convergence in ICF implosions using nuclear burn history measurements
J.R. Rygg , J.A. Frenje , C.K. Li , F.H. Seguin , R.D. Petrasso , J.A. Delettrez , V.Yu Glebov , D.D. Meyerhofer , T.C. Sangster

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
11:30AM - 11:42AM

FO3.00011: Measured nuclear burn region sizes and symmetries in direct-drive ICF implosions vs. capsule and drive conditions
F.H. Seguin , J. DeCiantis , C.K. Li , J.A. Frenje , J.R. Rygg , R.D. Petrasso , S. Regan , J.A. Delettrez , J.P. Knauer , F.J. Marshall , D.D. Meyerhofer , S. Roberts , T.C. Sangster , V.A. Smalyuk , K. Mikaelian , H.S. Park , H. Robey , R. Tipton

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
11:42AM - 11:54AM

FO3.00012: Gain Curves for Inertial Fusion Targets
L. John Perkins , Max Tabak

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
11:54AM - 12:06PM

FO3.00013: Effects of Perturbed Picket Pulses in Adiabat-Shaped Direct-Drive Implosion Experiments
R. Epstein , T.J.B. Collins , J.A. Delettrez , V.N. Goncharov , J.P. Knauer , J.A. Marozas , P.W. McKenty , P.B. Radha , V.A. Smalyuk

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
12:06PM - 12:18PM

FO3.00014: Stability and Performance of a Direct-Drive, 1-MJ, Wetted-Foam Target Design
T.J.B. Collins , P.W. McKenty , P.B. Radha , V.N. Goncharov , S. Skupsky

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
12:18PM - 12:30PM

FO3.00015: Role of Hydrogen Fractionation in ICF Ignition Target Designs
P.W. McKenty , M.D. Wittman

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
12:30PM - 12:42PM

FO3.00016: First Intended Experiment for Impact Fusion Ignition
H. Azechi , M. Murakami , H. Nagatomo , T. Sakaiya , S. Fujioka , H. Shiraga , M. Nakai , K. Shigemori , A. Sunahara , S. Obenschain , M. Karasik , J. Gardner , J. Bates , D. Colombant , J. Weaver , Y. Aglitskiy

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