19th High Average Power Laser Program Workshop


22-23 October 2008
Hosted by University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI, U.S.A.



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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

INTRODUCTION  
8:00-8:30
(30)
Hospitality All
8:30-8:40
(10)
Host Welcome Wisconsin
8:40-9:00
(20)
Introduction (ppt) John Sethian (NRL)
LASERS  
9:00-9:25
(20 + 5)
DPSSL Laser Development (pdf) Chris Ebbers (LLNL)
9:25 - 9:50
(20 + 5)
Electra (KrF) Laser Development (ppt) (avi #1) (avi #2) Matt Wolford (NRL)
9:50-10:15
(25)
Advances in high performance Direct Drive targets (pdf) Andy Schmitt (NRL)
POSTER BREAK-I  
10:15 - 10:45
(30)
Posters will be up for the entire meeting
Refreshments will be served
 
CHAMBER PHYSICS  
10:45-10:55
(10)
Introductions to our solutions for the chamber: Engineered walls, magnetic intervention/mobile tiles (combined with following presentation) Rene Raffray (UCSD)
10:55-11:20
(20 + 5)
Magnetic Intervention Dump Concepts (ppt) (pdf) Rene Raffray (UCSD)
11:20-11:45
(20 + 5)
Magnetic Intervention Modeling (ppt) (pdf) David Rose (Voss Scientific)
11:45-11:50
(5)
Target and Chamber Physics Discussions All
GROUP PHOTO & LUNCH  
11:50-12:00
(10)
Smile (pdf) All
12:00-1:00
(60)
Lunch All
CHAMBER TECHNOLOGY  
1:00-1:25
(20 + 5)
Fission Reactor Operations and availability...and how do these influence our choices for IFE (ppt) (wmv video) Charlie Gentile (PPPL)
1:25-1:45
(15 + 5)
Magnetic Intervention Chamber Design Configuration Options (ppt) Ed Marriott (Wisconsin)
1:45-2:05
(15 + 5)
Neutronics parameters for preferred Chamber Configuration with Magnetic Intervention (pptx) (pdf) Mohamed Sawan (Wisconsin)
2:05-2:25
(15 + 5)
HAPL Concrete Shielding Requirements (pptx) (pdf) Mohamed Sawan (Wisconsin)
POSTER BREAK-II  
2:25-2:50
(25)
Posters will be up for the entire meeting
Refreshments will be served
 
MATERIALS-I Experiments  
2:50-3:15
(20 + 5)
Effects of High Temperature Helium Implantation on the Surface Morphology of Fine/Nano Grain W and Etched W Needles (ppt) Sam Zenobia (Wisconsin)
3:15-3:40
(20 + 5)
Thermal issues with engineered materials (Dragonfire) (ppt) (ANS awards to HAPL, ppt) F. Najmabadi (UCSD)
3:40-4:05
(20 + 5)
Helium Beam W exposures: On Pins and Needles (ppt) Tim Renk (Sandia)
4:05-4:30
(20 + 5)
ORNL activities
PETS (Pulsed Electron Beam Source)
Implanted ion issues (ppt)
Lance Snead (ORNL)
MATERIALS-II Modeling  
4:30-4:55
(20 + 5)
Unified Materials Response Code (ppt) (zipped avi's) Nasr Ghoneim (UCLA)
Jake Blanchard (Wisc)
4:55-5:15
(15 + 5)
Analysis of Carbon Bearing Materials for Use as First Wall Armor in the HAPL Chamber (ppt) Greg Moses and Thad Heltemes (Wisconsin)
5:15-5:25
(10)
Materials Discussions All

Thursday, October 23, 2008

INTRODUCTION  
8:00 - 8:30
(30)
Hospitality All
FINAL OPTICS  
8:30-8:55
(20 +5)
GIMM results (ppt) Mark Tillack (UCSD)
8:55-9:20
(20 +5)
Dielectric Mirrors (ppt) Lance Snead (ORNL)
TARGET FABRICATION (FOAM SHELLS) - I  
9:20-9:30
(10)
Introduction to Target Fabrication and Injection Sessions (ppt) Dan Goodin (GA)
9:30-9:50
(15 + 5)
Wall Uniformity of Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Capsules for HAPL (ppt) Reny Paguio (GA)
9:50-10:10
(15 + 5)
Progress on HAPL Foam Capsule and Overcoat Fabrication (ppt) Jared Hund (GA)
10:10-10:30
(15 + 5)
Progress on Air Dried RF foam shells and In-situ Coatings (ppt) John Karnes (Schafer)
POSTER BREAK  
10:30-10:50
(20)
Posters will be up for the entire meeting
Refreshments will be served
 
TARGET FABRICATION (FOAM SHELLS) - II  
10:50-11:15
(20 + 5)
An alternate path to develop foam shells (ppt) (zipped avi's) David Harding (U. Rochester, LLE)
11:15-11:40
(20 + 5)
Electrostatic self-assembly of concentric foam shells for cryogenic laser targets (pdf) Tom Jones (U. Rochester)
11:40-11:50
(10)
Microfluidics Approach for Foam Targets (ppt) (zipped avi's) Jared Hund, GA
11:50-12:00
(10)
Target Fabrication Discussion All
LUNCH  
12:00-1:00
(60)
  All
TARGET FABRICATION (CRYOGENICS)  
1:00-1:25
(20 + 5)
Cryogenic target development (pdf) (zipped avi's) David Harding (Univ. of Rochester)
1:25-1:50
(20 + 5)
Solid D-T layering studies
1) Ice layer roughness vs size of target.
  What should the designers use?
2.) Status of DT ice smoothness measurements.
  Does foam make ice smoother or rougher?
  What Smoothness should we use?
3). Bubble results LANL vs Rochester
  Why the difference? (ppt)
Drew Geller (LANL)
1:50-2:10
(20 + 5)
Fluidized bed for Cryo layering (ppt) Kurt Boehm (UCSD)
TARGET INJECTION AND TRACKING  
2:10-2:30
(18 + 2)
Improving the Accuracy of the Target Engagement Demonstration (ppt) (zipped avi version) Lane Carlson (UCSD)
2:30-2:50
(18 + 2)
Progress in Electrostatic Target Acceleration (ppt) (pdf) Ron Petzoldt (GA)
WRAP UP  
2:50-3:00
(10)
Wrap up
Next meeting date and location
J. Sethian (NRL)

 

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