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NIF and JLF User Group Meeting 2013

AGENDA

updated 02/08/2013


FEBRUARY 10 -13, 2013
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY
LIVERMORE, CA

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Sunday, February 10
5:00 pm Registration Begins
Please note: This is a NEW location, the
Pleasanton Marriot

11950 Dublin Canyon Road
Pleasanton, California, USA 94588 USA
Pleasanton Marriot, Pleasanton
5:00 - 8:00 pm Reception /Check-in Pleasanton Marriot, Pleasanton
Monday, February 11
7:30 am Continental Breakfast
Registration Continues
LLNL B543 Atrium
  Opening Session - Session Chair: C. Keane (LLNL)
8:30 am Welcome:
Chair, NIF User Group
Interim Chair, JLF User Group
NIF Director, LLNL
NNSA and
DOE Office of Science
B543 Auditorium
Justin Wark
Carolyn Kuranz
Ed Moses
Kirk Levedahl
Sean Finnegan
9:00 am Status of the NIF and NIF Platforms Jeff Atherton/Warren Hsing
9:45 am Excited State Nuclear Science on the NIF Dennis McNabb

10:15am

Break

 
  NIF Experiments
Session Chair: Chris Keane, LLNL
B543 Auditorium
10:45 am MIT Experiments on the NIF – Opportunities for Ride Alongs Rich Petrasso
11:15 am Exploring Giant Planets with the NIF Raymond Jeanloz
11:45 am Radiative Shock Waves from Implosions on the NIF Art Pak

12:15 pm

Group Photo / Lunch

B543 Atrium
  Status of Fundamental Science on NIF
Session Chair: J. Wark, University of Oxford
B543 Auditorium
1:00 pm Status of the NIF Fundamental Science Program Bob Rosner
1:30 pm Fundamental Science – The Path Forward Chris Keane
2:00 pm Discussions — of the Science Program and Formal NUG Business Bob Rosner
Chris Keane

3:00 - 5:00 pm

Poster Session I

  B543 Auditorium
Tuesday, February 12
7:30 am Continental Breakfast
Registration Continues
B543 Atrium
8:00 am Opening Remarks
   University of Michigan
   LLNL
B543 Auditorium
Carolyn Kuranz
William Goldstein
  Jupiter Experiments I
Session Chair: Carolyn Kuranz, JLF User Group
B543 Auditorium
8:15 am In-situ X-ray Diffraction Diagnostics Development on the Janus Laser Andy Higginbotham
8:45 am The Thermodynamics of Planetary Impact Events, Rich Kraus
9:15 am High Spatial and Temporal Resolution Velocimetry Measurements on Janus Ray Smith

9:45 am

Break

 
  Jupiter Experiments II
Session Chair: Bob Cauble, LLNL
B543 Auditorium
10:15 am Laser Wakefield Acceleration of Electrons at the Jupiter Laser Facility Bradley Pollock
10:45 am Effects of Target Material on Fast Electron Transport and Magnetic Collimation Mingsheng Wei
11:15 am Fielding DIXI ­ a New X-ray Framing Camera for the NIF ­ at JLF Sabrina Nagel

11:45 am

Lunch

B543 Atrium
  JLF User Meeting
Session Chair: Carolyn Kuranz
B543 Auditorium
12:45 pm Status of the Jupiter Laser Facility + Overview of Past Science Bob Cauble
1:15 pm Formation and Organization of the JLF User Group and Discussion of User Needs Carolyn Kuranz

3:15 - 5:30 pm

Poster Session II

  B543 Atrium
5:30 pm Adjourn to Banquet  
6:00 pm Banquet Wente Vineyards, Livermore
Wednesday, February 13
7:30 am Continental Breakfast
Registration Continues
B543 Atrium
8:00 am Opening Remarks
   University of Oxford
   Director for Physical & Life Sciences, LLNL
B543 Auditorium
Justin Wark
Glenn Fox
  NIF Ignition & NIF/JLF Young Researcher Forum
Session Chair: Hye-Sook Park, LLNL
B543 Auditorium
8:15 am Status of the NIF Ignition Program, John Edwards
9:00 am Outcomes/Lessons from the "Science of Ignition on the NIF Report" Bill Goldstein
9:45 am NIF/JLF Young Researcher Forum Tammy Ma

10:45 am

Break

 
  NIF User Discussion
Session Chair: Justin Wark
B543 Auditorium
11:00 am Introduction
User IT Resources, Website and Demonstration
Jeff Atherton
Chris Keane, Allan Casey
12:00 pm Opportunities for NIF/Academic Collaborations
Chris Keane
12:30 pm Summary/Wrap up Discussion Chris Keane, Justin Wark

12:40 pm

Lunch

 B543 Atrium
1:30 - 4:00 pm NIF and JLF Tours  
4:00 pm Adjourn  

 

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