Bulletin of the American Physical Society

52nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 55, Number 15

Monday–Friday, November 8–12, 2010; Chicago, Illinois

Session Index

Session XO6: Ultraintense Lasers and Particle Generation	Show Abstracts
Chair: Ronnie Shepherd, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Columbus GH

Friday, November 12, 2010 9:30AM - 9:42AM		XO6.00001: Measurements of Proton Generation with Intense, Kilojoule Laser Pulses on OMEGA EP L. Gao, P.M. Nilson, W. Theobald, C. Stoeckl, C. Dorrer, T.C. Sangster, D.D. Meyerhofer, L. Willingale, K.M. Krushelnick Preview Abstract
Friday, November 12, 2010 9:42AM - 9:54AM		XO6.00002: Above-60-MeV proton acceleration with a 150 TW laser system M. Schollmeier, M. Geissel, A.B. Sefkow, P. Rambo, J. Schwarz, B.W. Atherton Preview Abstract
Friday, November 12, 2010 9:54AM - 10:06AM		XO6.00003: Narrow energy spread proton and ion spectra from high-intensity laser interactions F. Dollar, T. Matsuoka, C. McGuffey, S.S. Bulanov, V. Chvykov, G. Kalinchenko, A.G.R. Thomas, L. Willingale, V. Yanovsky, A. Maksimchuk, K. Krushelnick, G. Petrov, J. Davis Preview Abstract
Friday, November 12, 2010 10:06AM - 10:18AM		XO6.00004: Three-dimensional dynamics of break-out afterburner ion acceleration using high-contrast short-pulse laser and nano-scale targets L. Yin, B.J. Albright, D. Jung, K.J. Bowers, J.C. Fernandez, B.M. Hegelich Preview Abstract
Friday, November 12, 2010 10:18AM - 10:30AM		XO6.00005: High Contrast Laser Interactions with Thin Targets: Juxtaposition of Material Composition, Thickness and Neutron Yield Kirk A. Flippo, S.A. Gaillard, D.T. Offermann, J. Ren, G. Wurden, X. Yang, G. Miley, B.B. Gall, S. Kovaleski, T. Burris-Mog, S. Kraft, J. Metzkes, J. Rassuchine, K. Zeil, C. Plechaty, T.E. Lockard Preview Abstract
Friday, November 12, 2010 10:30AM - 10:42AM		XO6.00006: Laser Proton Acceleration by Radiation Pressure and Its Scaling Chuan Liu, T.C. Liu, X. Shao, J.J. Su, Bengt Eliasson, V.K. Tripathi, Galina Dudnikova, Roald Z. Sagdeev Preview Abstract
Friday, November 12, 2010 10:42AM - 10:54AM		XO6.00007: Carbon Ion Energy Spectra from Hemispherical EP Targets F.E. Lopez, J.A. Cobble, K.A. Flippo, D.T. Offermann Preview Abstract
Friday, November 12, 2010 10:54AM - 11:06AM		XO6.00008: Laser-driven neutron production from bulk and pitcher-catcher targets Anatoly Maksimchuk, L. Willingale, T. Matsuoka, A.G.R. Thomas, K. Krushelnick, G.M. Petrov, J. Davis, V.M. Ovchinnikov, R.R. Freeman, A. Joglekar, C.D. Murphy, L.Van Woerkom Preview Abstract
Friday, November 12, 2010 11:06AM - 11:18AM		XO6.00009: Laser Generated Neutron Source for Temperature Measurement D.C. Swift, J.M. McNaney, D.S. Hey, S. Le Pape, A. Mackinnon, D.P. Higginson, T. Bartal, L.C. Jarrott, D. Mariscal, F.N. Beg, K.L. Lancaster, N. Nakanii, H. Nakamura, R. Kodama, K.A. Tanaka Preview Abstract
Friday, November 12, 2010 11:18AM - 11:30AM		XO6.00010: Demonstration of a Laser-Driven, High Efficiency, Low Noise Argon Gas Jet X-Ray Source* N.L. Kugland, B. Aurand, C.G. Constantin, E.T. Everson, S.H. Glenzer, D. Schaeffer, A. Tauschwitz, C. Niemann Preview Abstract
Friday, November 12, 2010 11:30AM - 11:42AM		XO6.00011: Pulse shortening via Relativistic Transparency of Nanometer Foils R.C. Shah, S. Palaniyappan, H.-C. Wu, D.C. Gautier, D. Jung, R. Hoerlein, D. Offermann, R.P. Johnson, T. Shimada, S. Letzring, L. Yin, B. Albright, J.C. Fernandez, B.M. Hegelich Preview Abstract
Friday, November 12, 2010 11:42AM - 11:54AM		XO6.00012: Laser pulse shaping due to self-induced relativistic transparency in laser -- nanofoil interactions Sasikumar Palaniyappan, Rahul Shah, Hui-Chun Wu, Randall Johnson, Tsutomo Shimada, Daniel Jung, Donald Gautier, Samuel Letzring, Rainer Hoerlein, Manuel Hegelich, Juan Fernandez Preview Abstract
Friday, November 12, 2010 11:54AM - 12:06PM		XO6.00013: New results on the laser produced positrons using the TITAN and OMEGA EP lasers Hui Chen, S. Wilks, D.D. Meyerhofer, P. Beiersdorfer, F. Dollar, K. Falk, A. Hazi, A. Link, C.D. Murphy, J. Park, J. Seely, C.I. Szabo, R. Shepherd, R. Tommasini, D. Welch, K. Zulick Preview Abstract
Friday, November 12, 2010 12:06PM - 12:18PM		XO6.00014: Spectroscopy of positron annihilation gamma rays from laser-exited media C.I. Szabo, U. Feldman, J. Seely, L. Hudson, Hui Chen, R. Tommasini, A. Hazi, R. Shepherd, C. Zulick, F. Dollar, K. Falk, C.D. Murphy Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

52nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 55, Number 15

Monday–Friday, November 8–12, 2010; Chicago, Illinois

Session Index

Session XO6: Ultraintense Lasers and Particle Generation

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