NIF and JLF User Group Meeting 2013

AGENDA

updated 02/08/2013

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

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 Grolup	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 Forumr	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