Nuclear Fusion: From NIF to the Stars
Organizers: Lee Bernstein and Mark Stoyer
Sunday, August 10, 2014
| Time | Presentation Title |
| 8:25 am | Present developments of the LMJ neutron diagnostics Jean Luc G Bourgade, Tony Caillaud, Bertrand Rossé, Michelle Briat, Isabelle Thfoin, Vladimir Glebov, Craig Sangster, Greg Pien, Philippe Legou, Eric Delagnes, Johann Frenje, Maria Gatu-Johnson, Dennis McNabb. |
| 8:55 am | High intensity γ-ray and neutron generation by ultra intense laser Yasunobu Arikawa, Masaru Utsugi, Alessio Morace, Takahiro Nagai, Sadaoki Kojima, Shohei Sakata, Hiroaki Inoue, Shigeki Tokita, Yoshiki Nakata, Junji Kawanaka, Takahisa Jitsuno, Nobuhiko Sarukura, Noriaki Miyanaga, Mitsuo Nakai, Hiroyuki Shiraga, Hiroaki Nishimura, Hiroshi Azechi. |
| 9:25 am | High energy density nuclear physics at UC Berkeley, LLNL, and LBNL Karl A. van Bibber, Lee A. Bernstein, Darren L. Bleuel, Charles Cerjan, Richard J. Fortner, Julie Gostic, Patrick M. Grant, Narek Gharibyan, Christian A. Hagmann, Eugene A. Henry, Daniel B. Sayre, Dieter H.G. Schneider, Dawn A. Shaughnessy, Josh A. Brown, Brian H. Daub, Nicholas M. Brickner, Paul F. Davis, Bethany L. Goldblum, Jasmina Vujic, Richard B. Firestone, Andrew M. Rogers. |
| 9:55 am | Intermission |
| 10:10 am | Laser nuclear experiments and facilities in Europe Markus Roth |
| 10:40 am | Enhanced ion heating in short-pulse laser-driven buried-layers for NEET/NEEC Thomas E Cowan, Lingen Huang, Thomas Kluge, Michael Bussmann. |
| 11:10 am | Diagnostics on the National Ignition Facility have built the user community Joe Kilkenny |
| 1:20 pm | Measuring bulk fuel velocity at the National Ignition Facility with neutron activation Darren L. Bleuel, Charles B. Yeamans, Lee A. Bernstein, Brian H. Daub, Bethany L. Goldblum, Daniel B. Sayre, Yasmina Rharade, Dieter H.G. Schneider. |
| 1:50 pm | Thulium activation by reaction-in-flight neutrons Robert S Rundberg, Malcolm M Fowler, Gary P Grim, Anna Hayes-Sterbenz, Kevin Jackman, Jerry Jungman, Charles Yeamans, Jerry Wilhelmy. |
| 2:20 pm | Prompt gamma-ray measurements in inertial confinement fusion experiments Hans W Herrmann, Yongho Kim, Nelson M Hoffman, Mark J Schmitt, Steve H Batha, Wolfgang Stoeffl, Jenny A Church, Daniel B Sayre, Lee A Bernstein, Judy Liebman, Charles J. Cerjan, Arthur C Carpenter, Elliot Grafil, Hesham Khater, Colin J Horsfield, Michael S Rubery. |
| 2:50 pm | Intermission |
| 3:05 pm | Characterization of a stilbene-doped bibenzyl single-crystal organic scintillator for fast neutron spectrometry Bethany L Goldblum, Joshua A Brown, Lee A Bernstein, Darren L Bleuel, Nicholas M Brickner, Jac A Caggiano, Brian H Daub, Robert Hatarik, Thomas W Phillips, Stephen A Wender, Karl van Bibber, Jasmina Vujic, Natalia P Zaitseva. |
| 4:05 pm | Radiochemical measurements of neutron reaction products at the National Ignition Facility Dawn Shaughnessy, Narek Gharibyan, Kenton Moody, Patrick Grant, John Despotopulos. |
| 4:35 pm | Demonstrating capability for radiochemical analysis of gaseous samples at NIF Carol Velsko, William Cassata, Donald Jedlovec, Evgeny Tereshatov, Wolfgang Stoeffl, Charles Yeamans, Dawn Shaughnessy. |
Monday, August 11, 2014
| Pres Time | Presentation Title |
| 8:25 am | NEET in plasma: The case of 84Rb David Denis Petit, Fazia Hannachi. |
| 8:55 am | Indirect deexcitation of 84Rb in a plasma created at PHELIX (GSI) Gilbert Gosselin |
| 9:25 am | Nuclear excitation of 169Tm in hot dense plasma Pascal Alain Morel |
| 9:55 am | Intermission |
| 10:10 am | Search for nuclear excitation by electronic transition (NEET) in 201Hg Maxime Comet, Vincent Méot, Franck Gobet. |
| 10:40 am | Nuclear excitation with zeptosecond multi-MeV laser pulses Adriana Palffy, Hans A. Weidenmuller. |
| 11:10 am | Searching for nuclear-plasma interactions on highly excited states with radiochemistry Brian H Daub, Lee A. Bernstein, Darren L Bleuel, Nicholas Brickner, Josh A Brown, Bethany L Goldblum, Kiel S Holliday, Ken Moody, Karl van Bibber, Jasmina Vujic. |
| 1:20 pm | How ICF targets implode to the conditions exceeding those of the center of sun, in order to achieve fusion ignition: A mini tutorial Mordecai D. Rosen |
| 1:50 pm | Nuclear physics at the National Ignition Facility Charles Cerjan |
| 2:20 pm | Measurement of the T+T neutron spectrum using the National Ignition Facility Daniel B. Sayre, Carl R. Brune, Joseph A. Caggiano, Robert Hatarik. |
| 2:50 pm | Intermission |
| 3:05 pm | Nuclear astrophysics studies with charged particles in hot plasma environments Manoel Couder |
| 4:05 pm | Nuclear fission inside astrophysical plasmas Walid Younes |