Session BO4: Laser Plasma Pulse Compression/Laboratory Astrophysics

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Chair: Ilya Dodin, Princeton University
- Reunion B


Monday, November 17, 2008
9:45AM - 9:57AM

BO4.00001: Numerical studies of nonlinear Raman amplification of laser pulses in plasma
R.M.G.M. Trines , R. Bingham , P.A. Norreys , F. Fiuza , L.O. Silva , R.A. Cairns

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Monday, November 17, 2008
9:57AM - 10:09AM

BO4.00002: Backward Stimulated Raman Scattering from 30 fsec 200 TW pulses in laser wakefield acceleration experiments
Y. Horovitz , T. Matsuoka , C. McGuffey , S.S. Bulanov , V. Chvykov , P. Drake , F. Dollar , C. Huntington , G. Kalintchenko , P. Rousseau , V. Yanovsky , A. Maksimchuk , K. Krushelnick

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Monday, November 17, 2008
10:09AM - 10:21AM

BO4.00003: Progress in laser pulse amplification by stimulated Raman scattering in a plasma
Y. Ping , R. Kirkwood , R. Rygg , S. Wilks , N. Meezan , O. Landen , N. Fisch , V. Malkin , E. Valeo , J. Wurtele , C. Niemann

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Monday, November 17, 2008
10:21AM - 10:33AM

BO4.00004: Gamma Ray Sources using Imperfect Relativistic Mirrors
Jos\'e Tito Mendonca , Antonio Serbeto

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Monday, November 17, 2008
10:33AM - 10:45AM

BO4.00005: Electron Temperature Measurements in a Turbulent Laser Enhanced Laser Induced Plasma
Delonia Wiggins , Charlemagne Akpovo , Chavis Raynor , Joseph Johnson

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Monday, November 17, 2008
10:45AM - 10:57AM

BO4.00006: Onset of the formation of ultra-intense single cycle laser pulses in plasmas
Jorge Vieira , Frederico Fiuza , Luis Silva , Warren Mori

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Monday, November 17, 2008
10:57AM - 11:09AM

BO4.00007: Nonlinear Optical Studies and Acoustic Characterization of an Underwater Laser Plasma Acoustic Source
M. Hornstein , T.G. Jones , A. Ting , D. Kapolka , J. McGhee , J. Haney , Z. Wilkes , D. Lindwall

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Monday, November 17, 2008
11:09AM - 11:21AM

BO4.00008: Experimental investigation of short light pulse amplification using stimulated Brillouin backscattering
Livia Lancia , Jean-Rapha\"el Marqu\`es , Julien Fuchs , Caterina Riconda , Ana Mancic , Patrizio Antici , Patrick Audebert , Motoaki Nakatsutsumi , Stefan Weber , Vladimir T. Tikhonchuk , Stefan Hueller , Jean-Claude Adam , Anne H\'eron

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Monday, November 17, 2008
11:21AM - 11:33AM

BO4.00009: Laboratory simulation of photoionized plasma among astronomical compact objects
Shinsuke Fujioka , Norimasa Yamamoto , Feilu Wang , David Salzmann , Yutong Li , Yong-Joo Rhee , Hiroaki Nishimura , Hideaki Takabe , Kunioki Mima

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Monday, November 17, 2008
11:33AM - 11:45AM

BO4.00010: Shock-Clump Interaction Studies in the Laboratory
B.E. Blue , C.A. Back , J.F. Hund , J.M. Foster , P.A. Rosen , R.J.R. Williams , B.H. Wilde , M. Douglas , R. Carver , J. Palmer , P. Hartigan , J.F. Hansen

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Monday, November 17, 2008
11:45AM - 11:57AM

BO4.00011: Collimation of laboratory plasma jets studied with soft x-ray laser interferometry
Michael Purvis , Jonathan Grava , Jorge Filevich , Jorge Rocca , James Dunn , Stephen Moon , Vyacheslav Shlyaptsev

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Monday, November 17, 2008
11:57AM - 12:09PM

BO4.00012: Radiation Induced Wall-Shocks as Diagnostic Features
F.W. Doss , R.P. Drake , H.F. Robey , C.C. Kuranz

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Monday, November 17, 2008
12:09PM - 12:21PM

BO4.00013: Episodic ``Magnetic Tower'' Plasma Jets in a Laboratory Experiment
Sergey Lebedev , F.A. Suzuki-Vidal , A. Ciardi , S.N. Bland , G. Hall , J.P. Chittenden , A. Harvey-Thomson , A. Marocchino , A. Frank , E. Blackman , T. Ray , C. Stehle

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