Workshop on High Energy Density Physics with BELLA-i

Contribution List

0. Welcome

Dr Wim Leemans

20/01/2016, 08:35

1. Overview of the BELLA Center and our vision for BELLA-i, W. Leemans and T. Schenkel

Thomas Schenkel

20/01/2016, 08:45

2. BELLA-i - a new tool for ion acceleration, rel. plasma physics and applications, M. Roth

20/01/2016, 09:20

5. Laser ion acceleration at the centre for advanced laser applications in Munich, J. Schreiber

20/01/2016, 10:15

6. Acceleration of ions using ultra-thin targets with the BELLA laser, F. Beg

20/01/2016, 10:50

7. Chirped standing wave acceleration: High-energy ion control, F. Mackenroth

20/01/2016, 11:25

14. Exploiting lights momentum to boost laser wakefield accelerators towards high field physics, J. Vieira

20/01/2016, 11:45

10. Betatron x-rays from laser-wakefield accelerators: a novel probe for time-resolved high energy density science experiments, F. Albert

20/01/2016, 13:00

12. Potential for high intensity QED experiments on Bella, M. Zepf

20/01/2016, 13:35

21. Ionization physics at extreme intensity, D. Gordon

20/01/2016, 14:05

31. Relativistic electron transport in HED plasmas -- future prospects at XFELs, T. Cowan

20/01/2016, 14:55

42. Exploiting relativistic nonlinearities in near-critical density plasmas for laser driven ion acceleration, J. Bin

20/01/2016, 15:30

15. Discussion of Day 1 experiments at BELLA-i

20/01/2016, 15:50

38. no host dinner, some of us will go to Jupiter 2181 Shattuck Ave

20/01/2016, 18:30

40. A perspective on laser-driven ion acceleration: new mechanisms and their dependence on laser-pulse duration, J. Fernandez

21/01/2016, 08:45

17. Dense Gamma-ray and Pair Creation using Ultra-intense Lasers, E. Liang

21/01/2016, 09:20

18. Why does a quantum field theory for intense laser matter interactions matter?, B. M. Hegelich

21/01/2016, 09:55

20. All Optical Nonlinear Compton Scattering and Pair-Plasma Production, A. Thomas

21/01/2016, 10:50

13. Resolving ultrafast dynamics in warm dense matter, D. Kraus

21/01/2016, 11:25

24. Nuclear-Plasma Experiments using Lasers, L. Bernstein

21/01/2016, 13:00

25. Laser-nucleus interaction with keV and MeV photons, J. Gunst

21/01/2016, 13:35

23. QED-driven absorption of high-intensity lasers, T. Blackburn

21/01/2016, 14:10

27. From electron-Positron photoproduction in strong laser fields to QED cascades, S. Meuren

21/01/2016, 14:30

43. What can we learn about electron velocity distribution functions by Raman amplifying a probe beam off a sub-ps time scale sculpted pump wave using STUD pulses (spike trains of uneven duration and delay) in a high energy density plasma?, B. Afeyan

21/01/2016, 15:30

29. Discussion of requirements for experiments at BELLA-i

21/01/2016, 15:50

39. no host dinner, China Village, $30 per person, please RSVP to gtjiles@lbl.gov

21/01/2016, 18:30

33. Liquid crystal films as plasma mirrors and targets for high repetition rate secondary beam generation, P. Poole

22/01/2016, 08:40

41. Integrating a high-power laser system into the accelerator infrastructure at DESY, A. Meier

22/01/2016, 09:15

35. Status of the ELI-MED beamline, V. Scuderi

22/01/2016, 09:35

44. BELLA-i ion beam transport, Q. Ji

22/01/2016, 10:30

32. no host lunch

22/01/2016, 12:00

36. optional tours of the BELLA center and other LBNL faciltities

22/01/2016, 13:00

3. discussion

4. discussion

8. discussion

19. discussion

22. discussion

26. discussion

34. discussion

16. discussion; intro working group 3, ultra-high field physics, nQED, nuclear-plasma, discussion leaders: J. Wurtele, S. Bulanov

30. intro working group 3: facilities, beamlines, targetry, discussion leaders: R. Shephard, W. Leemans

9. summary discussion working group 1 laser-ion acceleration and start of working group 2: radiation generation and warm dense matter, discussion leaders: F. Albert, J. van Tilborg

28. TBD

11. working group 1: laser-ion acceleration, discssion leaders: M. Hegelich, S. Steinke

37. wrap up discussion, what are 1st experiments, next steps, ...