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Recent Progress at the Wootton Center for Astrophysical Plasma Properties

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Abstract

We explore recent physical and astrophysical progress in the current suite of experiments conducted by the Wootton Center for Astrophysical Plasma Properties (WCAPP) on the Z-machine at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), as well as preliminary results from a new series of experiments, begun this year, at NIF.  This work is foundational.  Upon it we build our understanding of the Sun and Sun-like stars, radiation dominated plasma in accretion disks around compact objects–including supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies, and white dwarf stars, the compact endpoint of almost all stars.  The talks that follow in this section will detail the progress we have made in each of these areas.

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Presenters

  • Don E Winget

    University of Texas - Austin, University of Texas at Austin

Authors

  • Don E Winget

    University of Texas - Austin, University of Texas at Austin

  • Michael H Montgomery

    University of Texas - Austin, University of Texas at Austin, The University of Texas at Austin

  • Roberto C Mancini

    University of Nevada, Reno

  • Bart H Dunlap

    University of Texas at Austin

  • Guillaume P Loisel

    Sandia National Laboratories

  • Taisuke Nagayama

    Sandia National Laboratories

  • James E Bailey

    Sandia National Laboratories

  • Thomas A Gomez

    Sandia National Laboratories

  • Marc-Andre Schaeuble

    Sandia National Laboratories

  • Patricia B Cho

    University of Texas at Austin

  • Daniel C Mayes

    University of Texas - Austin, University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas, Austin, University of Nevada, Reno

  • Kyle J Swanson

    University of Nevada, Reno

  • Robert F Heeter

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Theodore S Perry

    Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Lab, Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Kathy P Opachich

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Harry F Robey

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab