Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2005 47th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics

Monday–Friday, October 24–28, 2005; Denver, Colorado

Session Index

Session KO1: Plasma-Based Accelerators and Radiation Sources

Chair: Eric Esarey, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Adam's Mark Hotel Governor's Square 10

Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:30AM - 9:42AM		KO1.00001: Generation of 300 MeV Quasi-Monochromatic Electron Beams from Laser Wakefield and Initiation of Photonuclear Reactions A. Maksimchuk, S. Reed, N. Naumova, V. Chvykov, B. Hou, G. Kalintchenko, P. Rousseau, G. Mourou, V. Yanovsky, J.R. Beene, D.R. Schultz, D.W. Stracener, C.R. Vane Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:42AM - 9:54AM		KO1.00002: WITHDRAWN--Ponderomotive-based temperature sampling of relativistic electron beams Anthony Valenzuela, Anatoly Maksimchuk, Rahul Shah, Scott Sepke, Sudeep Banerjee, Donald Umstadter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:54AM - 10:06AM		KO1.00003: Progress on a 1 GeV laser accelerator at the LOASIS Facility of LBNL W.P. Leemans, B. Nagler, K. Nakamura, Cs. Toth, C.G.R. Geddes, J. van Tilborg, E. Esarey, C.B. Schroeder, A. Gonsalves, S. Hooker, C. Filip, E. Michel, T. Cowan, D. Bruhwiler, D. Dimitrov, J. Cary Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:06AM - 10:18AM		KO1.00004: Warm wavebreaking of laser-driven plasma waves C.B. Schroeder, E. Esarey, B.A. Shadwick, W.P. Leemans Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:18AM - 10:30AM		KO1.00005: Improvement of electron beam quality in optical injection schemes using negative plasma density gradients Gwenael Fubiani, Eric Esarey, Carl Schroeder, Wim Leemans Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:30AM - 10:42AM		KO1.00006: High-fidelity Simulations of Laser Pulses in long Plasma Channels D. Bruhwiler, P. Messmer, J. Cary, C. Nieter, D. Dimitrov, E. Esarey, W. Leemans, C. Geddes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:42AM - 10:54AM		KO1.00007: Beam dynamics in plasma-based accelerators including the effects of betatron radiation Pierre Michel, Carl B. Schroeder, Bradley A. Shadwick, Eric Esarey, Wim P. Leemans Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:54AM - 11:06AM		KO1.00008: Laser driven ion channel x-ray laser. C.S. Liu, Vipin Tripathi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:06AM - 11:18AM		KO1.00009: Optical Probing of Magnetic Fields in a Self-Injected Laser Wakefield Accelerator M. Kaluza, S.P.D. Mangles, A.G.R. Thomas, C.D. Murphy, Z. Najmudin, A.E. Dangor, K. Krushelnick Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:18AM - 11:30AM		KO1.00010: THz generation by ultra-short laser pulses propagating in nonuniform plasma channels T. Antonsen, J. Palastro, J. Cooley, A. York, S. Varma, H. Milchberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:30AM - 11:42AM		KO1.00011: Photon acceleration by co-propagating plasma waves Raoul Trines, C. Murphy, R. Bingham, J.T. Mendonca, L.O. Silva, A. Reitsma, P. Norreys Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:42AM - 11:54AM		KO1.00012: Acceleration of overdense plasmas using colliding laser pulses Edison Liang, Koichi Noguchi, Scott Wilks Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:54AM - 12:06PM		KO1.00013: Collimated Multi-MeV Ion Beams in the Forward Direction from High-Intensity Laser Interactions With Underdense Plasma L. Willingale, S.P.D. Mangles, P.M. Nilson, Z. Najmudin, A.G.R. Thomas, M.C. Kaluza, M.S. Wei, C. Kamberides, S.R. Nagel, A.E. Dangor, K. Krushelnick, R.J. Clarke, K.L. Lancaster, S. Karsch, J. Schreiber, W. Mori Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 12:06PM - 12:18PM		KO1.00014: Control of electron cloud in laser foil interaction and suppression of proton beam divergence Shigeo Kawata, Ryo Sonobe, Shuji Miyazaki, Masaki Nakamura, Takashi Kikuchi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 12:18PM - 12:30PM		KO1.00015: Progress on neutralized drift compression experiment (NDCX-Ia) for high intensity ion beam P. Roy, S. Yu, E. Henestroza, W. Waldron, F. Bieniosek, S. Eylon, J. Coleman, A. Anders, M. Leitner, W. Greenway, D. Baca, D. Vanecek, G. Logan, D. Welch, D. Rose, C. Thoma, R. Davidson, P. Efthimion, I. Kaganovich, E. Gilson, A. Sefkow, W. Sharp Preview Abstract

Session KO3: Hohlraum Physics and Alternative Concepts

Chair: John Edwards, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: Adam's Mark Hotel Governor's Square 15

Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:30AM - 9:42AM		KO3.00001: Modeling Hohlraum-Based Laser Plasma Instability Experiments N.B. Meezan, R.L. Berger, L. Divol, D.E. Hinkel, O.S. Jones, C. Niemann, E.A. Williams, S.H. Glenzer, L.J. Suter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:42AM - 9:54AM		KO3.00002: Gas Filled Halfraums on the First NIF Quad -- Radiation Hydrodynamics, Filamentation, and Spatial Diagnostics S.R. Goldman, J.C. Fernandez, N.M. Hoffman, J.L. Kline, H.A. Rose, E.S. Dodd, J.P. Grondalski, G.D. Pollak, W.J. Powers, M.J. Schmitt, D.G. Braun, D.E. Hinkel, L.J. Suter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:54AM - 10:06AM		KO3.00003: Performance of foam-filled hohlraums G. Gregori, K. Campbell, L. Divol, S.H. Glenzer, O.L. Landen, J. Schein, C. Sorce, L.J. Suter, R.E. Turner, R.J. Wallace, P.A. Amendt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:06AM - 10:18AM		KO3.00004: Ignition hohlraum efficiency as a function of radiation temperature L.J. Suter, S. Haan, M. Herrmann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:18AM - 10:30AM		KO3.00005: Progress in modeling radiation drive in uranium-based cocktail hohlraums O. Jones, J. Schein, M. Rosen, L. Suter, R. Wallace, J. Gunther, K. Campbell, H. Wilkens, A. Nikroo, R. Olson, G. Rochau Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:30AM - 10:42AM		KO3.00006: Indirect Drive Holhraum Performance Using Cocktail Materials Jochen Schein, Ogden Jones, Mordecai Rosen, Siegfried Glenzer, Eduard Dewald, Laurance Suter, Russell Wallace, Janelle Gunther, Otto Landen, Bruce Hammel, Gregory Rochau, Heather Wilkens Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:42AM - 10:54AM		KO3.00007: Time-Resolved Characterization of Hohlraum Radiation Temperature via VISAR Measurement of Quartz Shock Velocity R.E. Olson, D.K. Bradley, G.A. Rochau, G.W. Collins, R.J. Leeper, L.J. Suter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:54AM - 11:06AM		KO3.00008: Self-generated magnetic field distributions in multiple-beam produced plasmas Philip Nilson, L. Willingale, M. Kaluza, C. Kamberidis, M.S. Wei, Z. Najmudin, R.G. Evans, A.E. Dangor, K. Krushelnick Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:06AM - 11:18AM		KO3.00009: Optimized hohlraum-driven double-shell designs at 750 kJ 3$\omega $ laser absorbed energy for demonstrating ignition on the National Ignition Facility Peter Amendt, Charlie Cerjan, Alex Hamza, Jose Milovich, Harry Robey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:18AM - 11:30AM		KO3.00010: Highly-resolved 2D Perturbation Simulations of the NIF 3w low-laser-drive energy (750 kJ) double-shell ignition design. J. Milovich, H. Robey, P. Amendt, M. Marinak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:30AM - 11:42AM		KO3.00011: Experimental measurement of interface trajectories in an indirectly-driven planar double-shell geometry H.F. Robey, J.F. Hansen, J.M. Milovich, P. Amendt, H.-S. Park, M. Bono Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:42AM - 11:54AM		KO3.00012: Operational advantages of double-shell target designs at 750 kJ (3$\omega )$ on the National Ignition Facility Charles Cerjan, Peter Amendt, Christopher Haynam, Kenneth Manes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:54AM - 12:06PM		KO3.00013: Advances in the Manufacture of Omega-scale Double-shell Targets M. Bono, R. Hibbard, D. Bennett, H. Robey, A. Hamza, J. Milovich, P. Amendt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 12:06PM - 12:18PM		KO3.00014: Materials science for hohlraum-driven ignition double-shell targets Alex V. Hamza, Peter Amendt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 12:18PM - 12:30PM		KO3.00015: Laser-Driven Dynamic Hohlraums: Implosions S.G. Glendinning, M.C. Herrmann, L.J. Perkins Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2005 47th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics

Monday–Friday, October 24–28, 2005; Denver, Colorado

Session Index

Session KO1: Plasma-Based Accelerators and Radiation Sources

Session KO3: Hohlraum Physics and Alternative Concepts

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