Fusion Energy Seminars and Events

Ad Hoc Seminars

• More recent seminars are now located here.

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  November 23, 2004: Mingsheng Wei, "Electron beam filamentation and ion acceleration in high-intensity short-pulse laser plasma interaction"

• November 8, 2004: H. J. Kunze, "Soft X-ray lasing in a ablative capillary discharge at 18.2 nm"

• October 5, 2004: Tomas Diaz de la Rubia, "Science that Matters: Advances in Materials Science and Chemistry for National Security Applications"

• August 23, 2004: A. J. Mackinnon, "Proton probing of plasmas and shocked materials"

• August 4, 2004: M. Klapisch and M. Busquet, "The Hullac code for atomic physics"

• July 7, 2004: J. L. Maxwell, "Laser-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition for Microengineering of Targets" (at GA)

• May 4, 2004: S. Haan, "Update on requirements for fabrication of ignition targets for NIF" (at GA)

• May 3, 2004: S. Haan, "Progress towards indirect drive ignition on the National Ignition Facility"

• April 19, 2004: Shinsuke Fujioka, "Suppression of Rayleigh-Taylor Instability due to Radiative Ablation in Brominated Plastic Targets" (at GA)

• April 19, 2004: Hiroyuki Shiraga, "Multi-Imaging X-ray Streak Camera for Ultrahigh-speed Two-dimensional X-ray Imaging of Imploded Core Plasmas" (at GA)

• March 19, 2004: Max Tabak, "Gain Issues for Fast Ignition" (at GA)

• March 12, 2004: Peter Amendt, "Prospects for hohlraum-driven double-shell ignition on the National Ignition Facility"

• February 23, 2004: Christopher Deeney, "Putting in the squeeze - magnetic compression of high energy density plasmas and high pressure materials"

• February 17, 2004: Craig Olson and Gary Rochau, "Z-Pinch Inertial Fusion Energy"

• January 27, 2004: L. J. Suter, "Progress on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) and Indirect Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) target physics"

• January 21, 2004: Debra A. Callahan, M. Tabak, "Targets for Heavy Ion Inertial Fusion Energy"

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  December 5, 2003: Andy Bayramian (LLNL), "Enabling Technologies of the Mercury Laser: A Testbed for a Diode-Pumped Solid-State Laser Inertial Fusion Energy Driver"

• November 20, 2003: Patrick Calderoni (UCLA), "Experimental and numerical study of transient condensation of lithium and beryllium fluoride excited vapors for IFE systems"

• November 19, 2003: Susana Reyes (LLNL), "Latest Developments on IFE Materials Response and Safety Studies at LLNL"

• October 31, 2003: Mark Tillack, "Laser ablation plume dynamics and particulate generation"

• October 21, 2003: Elio D'Agata, "Mechanical and Thermal Aspects of the ITER Divertor"

• September 19, 2003: Zhiyu Zhang, "Ultrafast Laser Ablation and Plasma Diagnostics"

• September 8, 2003: Giacomo Aiello, "SiCf/SiC Composites as Structural Material for the TAURO Fusion Blanket"

• August 8, 2003: David Meyerhofer, "Progress in Direct-Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion Research"

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