Bulletin of the American Physical Society

59th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 62, Number 12

Monday–Friday, October 23–27, 2017; Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Session Index

Session NO5: Z-pinch, X-pinch, Dense Plasma Focus, and Fast Ignition	Show Abstracts
Chair: Steve Richardson, Naval Research Laboratory Room: 202AB

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 9:30AM - 9:42AM		NO5.00001: Three Magnetized Noh Problems as Verification Tests for MHD Codes J.L. Giuliani, A.L. Velikovich, A. Beresnyak, S.T. Zalesak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 9:42AM - 9:54AM		NO5.00002: Three dimensional calculation of thermonuclear ignition conditions for magnetized targets Ross Cortez, Jason Cassibry, Michael Lapointe, Robert Adams Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 9:54AM - 10:06AM		NO5.00003: Streaked Thomson Scattering on Laboratory Plasma Jets Jacob Banasek, Tom Byvank, Sophia Rocco, Bruce Kusse, David Hammer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 10:06AM - 10:18AM		NO5.00004: Simulations of a dense plasma focus on a high impedance generator Andrey Beresnyak, John Giuliani, Stuart Jackson, Steve Richardson, Steve Swanekamp, Joe Schumer, Robert Commisso, Dave Mosher, Bruce Weber, Alexander Velikovich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 10:18AM - 10:30AM		NO5.00005: Advanced Design Concepts for Dense Plasma Focus Devices at LLNL Alexander Povilus, Yuri Podpaly, Christopher Cooper, Brian Shaw, Steve Chapman, James Mitrani, Michael Anderson, Aric Pearson, Enrique Anaya, Ed Koh, Steve Falabella, Tony Link, Andrea Schmidt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 10:30AM - 10:42AM		NO5.00006: Overview of pulsed-power-driven high-energy-density plasma research at the University of Michigan R.D. McBride, P.C. Campbell, S.M. Miller, J.M. Woolstrum, D.A. Yager-Elorriaga, A.M. Steiner, N.M. Jordan, Y.Y. Lau, R.M. Gilgenbach, A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, V.V. Shlyaptseva, I.K. Shrestha, C.J. Butcher, G.R. Laity, J.J. Leckbee, M.L. Wisher, S.A. Slutz, M.E. Cuneo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 10:42AM - 10:54AM		NO5.00007: Implosion dynamics and radiative properties of W planar wire arrays influenced by Al wires on University of Michigan's LTD generator. A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, V.V. Shlyaptseva, I.K. Shrestha, C.J. Butcher, A. Stafford, P.C. Campbell, S. Miller, D.A. Yager-Elorriaga, N.M. Jordan, R.D. McBride, R.M. Gilgenbach Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 10:54AM - 11:06AM		NO5.00008: First Results of the Comparison of Double Planar Foils and Wire Arrays on the Low Impedance Z-Pinch Michigan's LTD generator. V.L. Kantsyrev, A.S. Safronova, I.K. Shrestha, V.V. Shlyaptseva, C.J. Butcher, A. Stafford, K.A Schultz, P.C. Campbell, S. Miller, D.A. Yager-Elorriaga, N.M. Jordan, R.D. McBride, R.M. Gilgenbach Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 11:06AM - 11:18AM		NO5.00009: Shock ignition targets: gain and robustness vs ignition threshold factor Stefano Atzeni, Luca Antonelli, Angelo Schiavi, Silvia Picone, Gian Marco Volponi, Alberto Marocchino Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 11:18AM - 11:30AM		NO5.00010: Laser plasma instabilities and hot electron generation from multi-kilojoule shock ignition relevant high-intensity IR and UV lasers S. Zhang, J. Li, F. N. Beg, C. M. Krauland, S. Muller, N. Alexander, C. Ren, W. Theobald, D. Turnbull, D. Haberberger, R. Betti, E. M. Campbell, D. Batani, J. Santos, P. Nicolai, M. S. Wei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 11:30AM - 11:42AM		NO5.00011: Compact Fast Ignition experiments using Joule-class tailored drive pulses under counterbeam configuration Yoshitaka Mori, Ryohei Hanayama, Katsuhiro Ishii, Yoneyoshi Kitagawa, Takashi Sekine, Yasuki Takeuchi, Takashi Kurita, Yoshinori Katoh, Nakahiro Satoh, Norio Kurita, Toshiyuki Kawashima, Osamu Komeda, Tatsumi Hioki, Tomoyoshi Motohiro, Atsushi Sunahara, Yasuhiko Sentoku, Eisuke Miura, Akifumi Iwamoto, Hitoshi Sakagami Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 11:42AM - 11:54AM		NO5.00012: Two-colors-laser-plasma interaction for enhancing hot electron generation to drive strong shock in a dense matter Shinsuke Fujioka, Seungho Lee, Hidetaka Kishimoto, Hiroki Morita, Yuji Fukuyama, Syohei Sakata, Kazuki Matsuo, King Fai Farley Law, Yugo Ochiai, Keisuke Koga, Yasunobu Arikawa, Keisuke Shigemori, Akifumi Yogo, Hiroaki Nishimura, Kunioki Mima, Hiroshi Azechi, Natsumi Iwata, Takayoshi Sano, Hideo Nagatomo, Yasuhiko Sentoku, Ryosuke Kodama Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 11:54AM - 12:06PM		NO5.00013: Diffusion of external magnetic fields into the cone-in-shell target in the fast ignition Atsushi Sunahara, Hiroki Morita, Tomoyuki Johzaki, Hideo Nagatomo, Shinsuke Fujioka, Ahmed Hassanein Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

59th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 62, Number 12

Monday–Friday, October 23–27, 2017; Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Session Index

Session NO5: Z-pinch, X-pinch, Dense Plasma Focus, and Fast Ignition

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