10th High Average Power Laser Program Workshop


27-28 October 2004
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.



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Wednesday, October 27, 2004

INTRODUCTION  
8:00-8:30             Coffee, pastries, bagels, etc All
8:30-8:45
(15)
Welcome + Logistics R. Goldston
C. Gentile (PPPL)
8:45-9:00
(15)
Introduction (ppt) J. Sethian (NRL)
LASERS  
9:00 - 9:30
(30)
Mercury Diode Pumped Solid State Laser (pdf) C. Bibeau (LLNL)
9:30 - 9:45
(15)
Electra KrF Laser (ppt) F. Hegeler (CTI/NRL)
9:45 - 10:00
(15)
Mist cooled hibachi for KrF lasers (pdf) S. Abdel-Khalik (Georgia Tech)
10:00 - 10:20
(20)
Silicon/diamond Electron Beam Window (ppt) C. Gentile (PPPL)
10:20 - 10:30
(10)
LASERS DISCUSSIONS All
POSTER BREAK--  
10:30-11:00
(30)
Posters will be up for entire workshop All
TARGET PHYSICS & FABRICATION-1  
11:00 - 11:20
(20)
DPSSL-Driven Targets: A Whiter Shade of Green?(ppt) J. Perkins (LLNL)
11:20 - 11:40
(20)
High Gain Target Designs, NRL (pdf) A. Schmitt (NRL)
Group Photo  
11:40-11:50
(10)
SMILE All
LUNCH  
11:50 - 12:50
(60)
Lunch All
TARGET PHYSICS & FABRICATION-2
 
12:50 - 1:00
(10)
Top Level Overview of the target fabrication tasks (ppt) D. Goodin (GA)
1:00 - 1:20
(20)
Divinyl Benzene (DVB) shells--making a smooth overcoat (ppt) D. Schroen (Schafer)
J. Streit (Schafer)
1:20 - 1:40
(20)
Mass Production of IFE targets (ppt) B. Vermillion (GA)
1:40 - 1:55
(15)
Solid DT Studies...Thermal response, DT foam layering, mechanical strength (ppt) J. Hoffer (LANL)
D. Geller (LANL)
1:55 - 2:10
(15)
Targets physics and fabrication discussion All
CHAMBERS  
2:10 - 2:25
(15)
Overview of the components of an IFE Chamber and a summary of our R&D to develop them (ppt) R. Raffray (UCSD)
CHAMBERS-PHYSICS  
2:25 - 2:50
(25)
Threat spectra calculations (what hits the wall)(ppt) (pdf) J. Santarius
G. Moses (Wisc)
2:50 - 3:10
(20)
SPARTAN Chamber Dynamics code (what¹s in the chamber before the next shot) (ppt) Z. Dragojlovic (UCSD)
3:10 - 3:20
(10)
Chamber Physics Discussion All
POSTER BREAK--  
3:20-3:50
(30)
Posters will be up for entire workshop All
CHAMBERS-INJECTING & TRACKING THE TARGET  
3:50 - 4:00
(10)
Top Level Overview of Injection and Tracking (ppt) D. Goodin (GA)
4:00 - 4:20
(20)
Target Survival during injection (ppt) R. Raffray (UCSD)
4:20 - 4:40
(20)
Target injection issues, including propagation in background gas and plasma (pdf) D. Harding (U. Roch LLE)
4:40 - 5:00
(20)
Integration of target tracking, beam steering, and reference point systems (ppt) Graham Flint (GA)
5:00 - 5:10
(10)
Update on Target Injection (ppt) Dan Frey (GA)
5:10 - 5:20
(10)
Update of target tracking experimental system (ppt) Ron Petzoldt (GA)
5:20 - 5:30
(10)
Discussion of Target Injection and Tracking All
Tour of NSTX & PPPL Facilities  
5:30-6:30 All are welcome Optional

Thursday, October 28, 2004

INTRODUCTION  
8:00 - 8:30             Coffee, pastries, bagels, etc All
FINAL OPTICS-LONG TERM SURVIVAL & OPTICAL FIDELITY  
8:30 - 8:50
(20)
Final optics- laser damage, fabrication, threat mitigation (ppt) M. Tillack (UCSD)
8:50 - 9:00
(10)
Final optics discussion All
CHAMBER FIRST WALL MATERIALS EXPTS - 1  
9:00 - 9:10
(10)
Top level overview of FW Materials issues (ppt) L. Snead (ORNL)
9:10 - 9:20
(10)
Update on Special Issue in J Nuc Materials (ppt) (pdf) J. Blanchard (Wisc)
9:20 - 9:45
(25)
Bonding tungsten to low activation ferritic
Helium Retention studies (ppt)
L. Snead (ORNL)
9:45 - 10:00
(15)
EC for helium retention studies, including first look at engineered material (ppt) R. Radel
J. Kulcinski (Wisc)
POSTER BREAK--  
10:00-10:30
(30)
Posters will be up for entire workshop All
CHAMBER FIRST WALL MATERIALS EXPTS - 2 & MODELING  
10:30 - 10:50
(20)
Long term exposure of candidate FW materials with XAPPER (x-rays). Include engineered materials (ppt) J. Latkowski (LLNL)
10:50 - 11:10
(20)
RHEPP (ion) Experiments and supporting modeling (ppt) T. Renk (SNL)
11:10 - 11:30
(20)
Modeling of thermo-mechanical aspects first wall/armor (ppt) (pdf) J. Blanchard (Wisc)
11:30 - 11:50
(20)
Micro-engineered armor design (ppt) S. Sharfat (UCLA)
N. Ghoneim (UCLA)
11:50 - 12:10
(20)
FW Materials discussion All
LUNCH  
12:10 - 1:10
(60)
Lunch All
CHAMBERS- THE BLANKET AND BEYOND  
1:10 - 1:20
(10)
Top level overview of Chamber Blanket/system studies (ppt) R. Raffray (UCSD)
1:20 - 1:40
(20)
Mechanical design of ceramic breeder blanket (ppt) (pdf) I. Sviatoslavsky (Wisconsin)
1:40 - 1:50
(20)
Neutronics analysis of ceramic breeder blanket (ppt) (pdf) M. Sawan (Wisconsin)
1:50 - 2:10
(20)
Thermal-hydraulic analysis of ceramic breeder blanket and plan for future effort (ppt) R. Raffray (UCSD)
2:10 - 2:30
(20)
Chambers discussions All
2:30 - 2:45
(15)
Workshop Wrap up
Next meeting date and location
J. Sethian (NRL)

 

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