Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2008 APS April Meeting and HEDP/HEDLA Meeting

Volume 53, Number 5

Friday–Tuesday, April 11–15, 2008; St. Louis, Missouri

Session Index

Session 1HE: Stellar Explosions, Turbulence and Instabilities

Sponsoring Units: HEDP HEDLA
Chair: Paul Drake, University of Michigan
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), Promenade F

Friday, April 11, 2008 8:30AM - 8:55AM		1HE.00001: HED physics frontiers on OMEGA/OMEGA EP Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, April 11, 2008 8:55AM - 9:20AM		1HE.00002: Stellar convection and turbulence Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, April 11, 2008 9:20AM - 9:45AM		1HE.00003: Type II Supernovae Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, April 11, 2008 9:45AM - 10:10AM		1HE.00004: Laboratory blast wave driven instabilities Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, April 11, 2008 10:10AM - 10:35AM		1HE.00005: Theory and simulation of astrophysical explosions and turbulence Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, April 11, 2008 10:35AM - 11:00AM		1HE.00006: Nonlinear evolution of hydrodynamic instabilities from multimode initial perturbation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, April 11, 2008 11:00AM - 11:15AM		1HE.00007: BREAK

Session 2HE: Accretion and Photoionized Plasmas

Sponsoring Units: HEDP HEDLA
Chair: Roberto Mancini, University of Nevada-Reno
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), Promenade F

Friday, April 11, 2008 11:15AM - 11:40AM		2HE.00001: Photoionized Plasma and Opacity Experiments on the Z Machine Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, April 11, 2008 11:40AM - 12:05PM		2HE.00002: Current Challenges of Astrophysical Photoionized Plasmas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, April 11, 2008 12:05PM - 12:30PM		2HE.00003: Astrophysics of Accretion onto Compact Objects Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, April 11, 2008 12:30PM - 12:55PM		2HE.00004: Radiation transfer experiments using high-power lasers. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, April 11, 2008 12:55PM - 2:25PM		2HE.00005: LUNCH BREAK
Friday, April 11, 2008 2:25PM - 2:50PM		2HE.00006: Experimental and Computational Analysis of Photo-ionized Non-LTE Plasma Produced by Intense Laser Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session 3HE: AGN/BH Jet Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: HEDP HEDLA
Chair: Paul Bellan, California Institute of Technology
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), Promenade F

Friday, April 11, 2008 2:50PM - 3:26PM		3HE.00001: Astrophysical Jets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, April 11, 2008 3:26PM - 3:51PM		3HE.00002: 3-D MHD Simulations of Astrophysical Jets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, April 11, 2008 3:51PM - 4:16PM		3HE.00003: Episodic ``Magnetic Tower'' Plasma Jets in a Laboratory Experiment Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, April 11, 2008 4:16PM - 4:20PM		3HE.00004: BREAK

Session 4HE: Launching Dynamics for Stellar Jets

Sponsoring Units: HEDP HEDLA
Chair: Patrick Hartigan, Rice University
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), Promenade F

Friday, April 11, 2008 4:20PM - 4:45PM		4HE.00001: Generating Jets from Young Stars: An Observational Perspective Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, April 11, 2008 4:45PM - 5:10PM		4HE.00002: Launching Mechanisms of Astrophysical Jets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, April 11, 2008 5:10PM - 5:35PM		4HE.00003: Laboratory-produced MHD plasma jets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session 5HE: HEDP/HEDLA Reception and Banquet

Sponsoring Units: HEDP HEDLA
Chair: Bruce Remington, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), St. Louis E

Friday, April 11, 2008
6:00PM - 6:36PM

5HE.00001: Ushering in A New Era in Lasers: The National Ignition Facility
Invited Speaker:

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