4th Laser IFE Program Workshop
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Thursday, April 4, 2002 | ||
Introduction | ||
8:00-8:30 | Coffee, Pastries, & Bagels | |
8:30-8:40 | Welcome | GA hosts |
8:40-9:00 | Introduction (ppt) | J. Sethian (NRL) |
Lasers | ||
9:00-9:30 | The Mercury Laser Project (pdf) | C. Bibeau (LLNL) |
9:30-10:00 | Electra KrF Laser (ppt) | J. Sethian (NRL) |
10:00-10:15 | Laser Discussion | |
10:15-10:30 | Break | |
Target Design | ||
10:30-10:50 | High Gain Target Designs (NRL) | D. Colombant (NRL) A. Schmitt (NRL) |
10:50-11:10 | Target Physics Update (pdf) | J. Perkins (LLNL) |
11:10-11:30 | Target Designs Discussion | All |
Target Fabrication & Injection-1 | ||
11:30-11:45 | Initial Production of Divinyl Benzene (DVB) shells (ppt) | J. Streit (Schafer) |
11:45-12:00 | Surface Roughness of Deuterium Ice on Foam (ppt) | C. Halvorson (Schafer) |
12:00-1:00 | Lunch | |
Target Fabrication & Injection-2 | ||
1:00-1:45 | GA Target Fabrication Tasks (ppt) | D. Goodin (GA) |
Coating Development (ppt) | E. Stephens (GA) | |
1:45-2:05 | Molding Foam shells by Injection (ppt) | A. Nobile, (LANL) W. Steckle (LANL) |
2:05-2:35 | Solid DT Studies (ppt) | J. Hoffer (LANL) |
2:35-3:00 | Status of Target Injection and Tracking (ppt) | R. Petzoldt (GA) |
3:00-3:30 | Target Fab & Injection Discussion | |
Poster Session #1 | ||
3:30-4:30 | Posters on the day's topics | All |
Final Optics | ||
4:30-5:00 | Mirror damage studies-progress report (ppt) | M. Tillack (UCSD) |
5:00-5:15 | Transmissive Final Optic for Laser IFE (pdf) | S. Payne (LLNL) J. Latkowski (LLNL) |
5:15-5:30 | Optics Discussion | |
Reception | ||
5:30-7:30 | Lots of stimulating discussions | All |
Friday, April 5, 2002 | ||
Introduction | ||
8:00-8:30 | Coffee, Pastries, and Bagels | All |
Chambers-1 | ||
8:30-8:45 | Chambers Development Plan (ppt) | J. Sethian (NRL) |
8:45-9:00 | Ion Driven Fireballs: Calculations and Experiments (ppt) | G. Moses (Wisc) |
9:00-9:15 | Chamber Gas density requirements for ion stopping (ppt) | D. Haynes (Wisc) |
9:15-9:45 | Progress in Alternate Chambers Activities (pdf) | J. Latkowski (LLNL) W. Meier (LLNL) |
9:45-10:15 | Chamber Dynamics Modeling (ppt) | R. Raffray (UCSD) Z. Dragojlovic (UCSD) |
10:15-10:30 | Break | |
10:30-10:45 | Progress in UCSD Chamber Simulation Experiments (pdf) | F. Najmabadi (UCSD) |
10:45-11:00 | Ion irradiation issues for IFE chambers (ppt) | G. Lucas (UCSB) |
11:00-11:20 | CFC-Air Chemical Reactivity for IFE Safety Analysis (pdf) | D. Petti (INEEL) |
11:20-11:40 | Tritium Retention in Graphite and Carbon Composites (ppt) | R. Causey (SNL) |
11:40-12:00 | Chamber Discussions | |
12:00-1:00 | Lunch | |
Materials-1 | ||
1:00-1:45 | X-ray Effects on Tungsten, Rhenium, and Tungsten Alloy Surfaces (ppt) | C. Olson (SNL) T. Tanaka (SNL) T. Renk (SNL) |
1:45-2:00 | Modeling Analysis of Carbon Fiber Velvet Tested in RHEPP Ion Beam Facility (ppt) | R. Raffray (UCSD) |
2:00-2:25 | Fidelity of RHEPP and Z expts to study wall response (ppt) | R. Peterson (Wisc) |
Bucky Simulations of Z and RHEPP experiments (ppt) | R. Peterson (Wisc) | |
Poster Session #2 | ||
2:25-3:00 | Posters on the day's topics | All |
Materials-2 | ||
3:00-3:15 | Chamber Materials-Overview and Plans (ppt) | L. Snead (ORNL) |
3:15-3:30 | Thermo-mechanical Fatigue of Chamber Structures (ppt) | N. Ghoniem (UCLA) |
3:30-4:00 | Materials Discussion |
Meeting hosted by General Atomics. web support provided by J. Pulsifer (JP Consulting) |