Bulletin of the American Physical Society

56th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 59, Number 15

Monday–Friday, October 27–31, 2014; New Orleans, Louisiana

Session Index

Session NO7: Laser-driven X-ray Sources and Diagnostic Techniques	Show Abstracts
Chair: Riccardo Tommasini, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Galerie 6

Wednesday, October 29, 2014 9:30AM - 9:42AM		NO7.00001: Laser-driven heat-front propagation in foam vs. gas F. P\'erez, J.D. Colvin, M.J. May, S.A. Gammon, K.B. Fournier Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 9:42AM - 9:54AM		NO7.00002: Does laser-driven heat front propagation depend on material microstructure? J.D. Colvin, F. P\'erez, K.B. Fournier, M.J. May, T.E. Felter, M. Bagge-Hansen, S. Kucheyev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 9:54AM - 10:06AM		NO7.00003: Simulation study of optimizing the 3-5 keV x-ray emission from pure Ar K-shell vs. Ag L-shell targets on the National Ignition Facility G.E. Kemp, J.D. Colvin, K.B. Fournier, M.V. Patel, H.A. Scott, M. Marinak, J.H. Fisher, J.F. Davis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10:06AM - 10:18AM		NO7.00004: Development and Characterization of a 16.3 keV X-Ray Source at the National Ignition Facility K.B. Fournier, M.A. Barrios, M.B. Schneider, S. Khan, H. Chen, F. Coppari, R. Rygg, M. Hohenberger, F. Albert, J. Moody, J. Ralph, G.E. Kemp, S.P. Regan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10:18AM - 10:30AM		NO7.00005: Diagnosing Te of NIF plasmas using the isoelectronic ratios of microdot tracer elements M.A. Barrios, S.P. Regan, K.B. Fournier, M.B. Schneider, D.A. Liedahl, G.E. Kemp, J.D. Moody, G.V. Brown, H. Chen, O. Landen, D. Bradley, O. Jones, R. Epstein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10:30AM - 10:42AM		NO7.00006: Development of backlit thin shells and foam balls on the NIF for diagnosing shape swings during the foot pulse Gareth Hall, Peter Amendt, Otto Landen, Andrea Kritcher, David Bradley, Richard Town Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10:42AM - 10:54AM		NO7.00007: Experiments on OMEGA EP to study the material dependence of the two-plasmon decay instability J.R. Fein, P.A. Keiter, D.H. Froula, D.H. Edgell, P.X. Belancourt, J.P. Holloway, R.P. Drake Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10:54AM - 11:06AM		NO7.00008: Testing Talbot--Lau X-Ray Moir\'{e} Fringe Deflectometry with a Laser Backlighter D. Stutman, M.P. Valdivia, M. Finkenthal, S.P. Regan, C. Stoeckl, B. Stoeckl Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 11:06AM - 11:18AM		NO7.00009: Measurements of the betatron spectrum around the Kedge of thin foils Keegan Behm, Tony Zhao, Jonathon Woods, Jason Cole, Anatoly Maksimchuk, Victor Yanovsky, Alexander Thomas, Karl Krushelnick, Stuart Mangles Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 11:18AM - 11:30AM		NO7.00010: Demonstration of x-ray fluorescence imaging to diagnose high-energy-density plasmas M.J. MacDonald, P.A. Keiter, D.S. Montgomery, M.M. Biener, J.R. Fein, K.B. Fournier, E.J. Gamboa, S.R. Klein, C.C. Kuranz, H.J. LeFevre, M.J.-E. Manuel, J. Streit, W.C. Wan, R.P. Drake Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 11:30AM - 11:42AM		NO7.00011: Experimental Generation of Backward-Propagating MeV Electrons in Ultra-Intense Laser Interactions Scott Feister, John T. Morrison, Vladimir M. Ovchinnikov, Kyle D. Frische, John A. Nees, Chris Orban, Enam A. Chowdhury, W. Melvyn Roquemore Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 11:42AM - 11:54AM		NO7.00012: Compact tunable Compton x-ray source from laser wakefield accelerator and plasma mirror Hai-En Tsai, Xiaoming Wang, Joseph Shaw, Zhengyan Li, Rafal Zgadzaj, Alex Arefiev, Mike Downer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 11:54AM - 12:06PM		NO7.00013: Ultra-Bright X/$\gamma $ Rays from Laser-Wire Target Interaction Tong-Pu Yu, Yan Yin, Fu-Qiu Shao, Alexander Pukhov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 12:06PM - 12:18PM		NO7.00014: Experimental results from NIF radiography shots on HDC ablator capsules with and without Tungsten dopant Shahab Khan, Niko Izumi, Pravesh Patel, Andrew MacPhee, Tammy Ma, Charlie Cerjan, Richard Town, David Bradley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 12:18PM - 12:30PM		NO7.00015: Analysis of X-ray Spectra of High-Z Elements obtained on Nike with high spectral and spatial resolution Yefim Aglitskiy, J.L. Weaver, M. Karasik, V. Serlin, S.P. Obenschain, Yu. Ralchenko Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

56th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 59, Number 15

Monday–Friday, October 27–31, 2014; New Orleans, Louisiana

Session Index

Session NO7: Laser-driven X-ray Sources and Diagnostic Techniques

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