Session GI1 : Direct Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion and Z Pinches

Chair: Craig Sangster, University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Rosen Centre Hotel - Junior Ballroom


Tuesday, November 13, 2007
9:30 AM–10:00 AM

GI1.00001 : Performance of Direct-Drive Cryogenic Targets on OMEGA
Invited Speaker: V.N. Goncharov

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
10:00 AM–10:30 AM

GI1.00002 : OMEGA Experiments on the Shock-Ignition ICF Concept
Invited Speaker: W. Theobald

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
10:30 AM–11:00 AM

GI1.00003 : Time-Resolved Absorption in Cryogenic and Room-Temperature, Direct-Drive Imploding Targets
Invited Speaker: W. Seka

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
11:00 AM–11:30 AM

GI1.00004 : Monoenergetic Proton Radiography of Electromagnetic Fields and Areal Density in Implosions and in Laser-Plasma-Interaction Experiments$^{\ast ,\dag}$
Invited Speaker: R.D. Petrasso

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
11:30 AM–12:00 PM

GI1.00005 : Radiation energetics of inertial confinement fusion relevant wire-array z pinches
Invited Speaker: Daniel Sinars

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
12:00 PM–12:30 PM

GI1.00006 : Investigation of trailing mass in Z-pinch implosions and comparison to experiment
Invited Speaker: E. Yu

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