12th High Average Power Laser Program Workshop


20-21 June 2005
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA, U.S.A.



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Monday, June 20, 2005

INTRODUCTION  
8:00-8:30
(30)
Hospitality All
8:30-8:45
(15)
Welcome G. Miller (LLNL)
8:45-9:00
(15)
Introduction(ppt) J. Sethian (NRL)
LASERS  
9:00 - 9:25
(25)
KrF Lasers (ppt) F. Hegeler (CTI/NRL)
9:25 - 9:50
(25)
Mercury Diode Pumped Solid State Laser (pdf) C. Bibeau (LLNL)
9:50 - 10:00
(10)
LASERS DISCUSSIONS All
POSTER BREAK--  
10:00-11:25
(25)
Posters will be up for entire workshop All
PHYSICS-1  
10:25 - 10:45
(20)
Target Physics - NRL (ppt) (pdf) S. Obenschain (NRL)
10:45 - 11:05
(20)
Target Physics - LLNL (ppt) J. Perkins (LLNL)
11:05 - 11:25
(20)
Threat Spectra (ppt) J. Santarius (Wisc)
G. Moses (Wisc)
11:25 - 11:45
(20)
The physics of, and rationale for, magnetic intervention(ppt) A. E. Robson (consultant/NRL)
11:45 - 11:55
(10)
Target Physics Discussion All
Group Photo  
11:55-12:05
(10)
SMILE All
LUNCH  
12:05 - 1:00
(55)
Lunch All
CHAMBER PHYSICS & ENGINEERING
 
1:00 - 1:20
(20)
Port Positions and illumination uniformity (ppt) M. McGeoch (Plex Corp)
1:20 - 1:40
(20)
SPARTAN Chamber Dynamics code (what's in the chamber before the next shot) (ppt) Z. Dragojlovic (UCSD)
1:40 - 1:55
(15)
Chamber Vacuum system, baseline case: What's the base pressure and what will it cost to get there? (ppt) C. Gentile (PPPL)
B. Parsells (PPPL)
1:55 - 2:00
(5)
Discussion All
FIRST WALL ARMOR EXPERIMENTS: Threat spectra simulation  
2:00-2:20
(20)
Long term exposure of candidate FW materials with XAPPER (x-rays). (ppt) J. Latkowski (LLNL)
2:20-2:40
(20)
Long term exposure of candidate FW materials with DRAGONFIRE (Laser). (ppt) F. Najmabadi (UCSD)
2:40-3:00
(20)
Long term exposure of candidate FW materials with RHEPP (Ions). (ppt intro) (ppt talk) T. Renk (SNL)
3:00-3:10
(10)
Discussion of threat spectra simulation experiments All
POSTER BREAK--  
3:10-3:40
(30)
Posters will be up for entire workshop All
FIRST WALL ARMOR EXPERIMENTS: HELIUM RETENTION AND BONDING  
3:40 - 4:00
(20)
Helium Retention studies (ppt) L. Snead/S. Zinkle (ORNL)
4:00 - 4:20
(20)
Bonding tungsten to low activation ferritic (pdf) G. Romanowski (ORNL)
4:20 - 4:40
(20)
IEC for helium retention studies (ppt) J. Kulcinski
R. Radell (Wisc)
4:40-4:50
(10)
Discussion All
FIRST WALL ARMOR MODELING  
4:50 - 5:10
(20)
Modeling Helium Behavior and Surface Roughening of Solid Tungsten (ppt) N. Ghoneim (UCLA)
5:10-5:15
(5)
Discussion All
Tour of Mercury/XAPPER  
5:15-6:30
(75)
All are welcome Optional
6:30-   Reception and Dinner All

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

INTRODUCTION  
8:00 - 8:30             Hospitality All
CHAMBERS- THE BLANKET AND BEYOND  
8:30 - 8:50
(20)
Overview of Chamber/Blanket work (ppt) R. Raffray (UCSD)
8:50 - 9:05
(15)
Comparison of Neutronics Features for Candidate Blankets (pdf) M. Sawan (Wisconsin)
9:05 - 9:20
(15)
Mechanical Design and Neutronics Parameters for Li blanket in 10.5 m Chamber (pdf) I. Sviatoslavsky & M. Sawan (Wisconsin)
9:20 - 9:30
(10)
Blanket discussions All
OPTICS  
9:30 - 9:50
(20)
Grazing Incidence Metal Mirrors for Final Optics (ppt) M. Tillack (UCSD)
9:50 - 10:10
(20)
KrF Laser Optical Train and Staging (ppt) T. Lehecka, (Penn State)
10:10 - 10:20
(10)
Optics Discussions All
POSTER BREAK--  
10:20-10:50
(30)
Posters will be up for entire workshop All
TARGET FABRICATION, INJECTION, ENGAGEMENT  
10:50 - 11:10
(20)
Status of target fabrication (and injection): how close are we to meeting specs, and what do we need to do to go the rest of the way? (ppt) D. Goodin (GA)
11:10 - 11:30
(20)
Foam shells, non-concentricity, overcoats, and characterization methods (ppt) B. Vermillion (GA)
11:30 - 11:50
(20)
Foam shells: overcoating progress (ppt) D. Schroen (Schafer)
J. Streit (Schafer)
LUNCH  
11:50 - 12:50 Lunch All
TARGET INJECTION, TRACKING, & ENGAGEMENT-Cont.  
12:50 - 1:05
(15)
Some potential solutions to the overcoat survival issue (ppt) B. McQuillan (GA)
1:05 - 1:25
(20)
Update on Mass-Production Layering (ppt) Amy Bozek (GA)
1:25 - 1:50
(25)
Update on various target issues, including:
a) tracking system demo new results
b) emissivity change from impurities
c) effects of foam shell non-concentricity on DT non-concentricity
d) time limits for handling layered DT capsules
e) options for a mechanical injector (ppt)
Ron Petzoldt (GA)
1:50 - 2:10
(15)
Target heating by background gas (pdf) D. Harding (LLE)
2:10 - 2:25
(15)
Target Behavior Modeling During Injection (ppt) R. Raffray (UCSD)
2:25 - 2:35
(10)
Target Engagement (ppt) Graham Flint (GA)
2:35 - 3:10
(15)
Discussion of Target Fab, Injection & Engagement All
WORKSHOP WRAP UP  
2:55 - 3:10
(15)
Workshop Wrap up
Next meeting date and location
J. Sethian (NRL)
NIF UPDATE and TOUR  
3:10 - 3:30
(20)
NIF Update E. Moses (LLNL)
3:30 - 5:00
(90)
NIF Tour LLNL

 

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