Invited Session HED: Stix Award, Proton imaging, and Warm Dense Matter

INVITED · GI02 · ID: 3574836

Presentations

  • Stix Award: Magnetic Reconnection Driven by Pulsed-Power

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: 1. Hare, J. D. et al. Anomalous Heating and Plasmoid Formation in a Driven Magnetic Reconnection Experiment. Physical Review Letters 118, 085001 (2017).
    2. Datta, R. et al. Plasmoid Formation and Strong Radiative Cooling in a Driven Magnetic Reconnection Experiment. Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 155102 (2024).
    3. Varnish, T. W. O. et al. Quadrupolar density structures in driven magnetic reconnection experiments with a guide field. Physics of Plasmas 32, 022118 (2025).

    Presenters

    • Jack D Hare

      Cornell University

    Authors

    • Jack D Hare

      Cornell University

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  • High-Energy Protons from X-pinch Plasmas: First Observation and Application to Proton Radiography

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: Observation of Radially Emitted Proton Beams from Low-Mass X-Pinch Plasmas
    submitted to Physical Review Letters

    Presenters

    • Daniel Klir

      Czech Tech Univ

    Authors

    • Daniel Klir

      Czech Tech Univ

    • Vojtech Munzar

      Czech Tech Univ

    • Jan Novotny

      Czech Tech Univ

    • Karel Rezac

      Czech Tech Univ

    • Adam M Bedel

      University of Michigan

    • Nathaniel Grant Chalmers

      Cornell University

    • Joe Ming Ju Chen

      University of Michigan

    • Jakub Cikhardt

      Czech Tech Univ

    • Balzima Cikhardtova

      Czech Tech Univ

    • Nicholas M Jordan

      University of Michigan

    • Vojtech Juras

      Czech Tech Univ

    • Pavel Kubes

      Czech Tech Univ

    • Jakub Malir

      Czech Tech Univ

    • Landon R Tafoya

      University of Michigan

    • Karel Turek

      Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences

    • David A Hammer

      Cornell University

    • Ryan D McBride

      University of Michigan

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  • Tomographic characterization of self-generated magnetic fields in laser-produced plasmas

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: J. Griff-McMahon, et al., Tomographic characterization of self-generated magnetic fields in laser-produced plasmas, in prep. (2025).

    Presenters

    • Jesse Griff-McMahon

      Princeton University

    Authors

    • Derek B Schaeffer

      University of California, Los Angeles

    • Jesse Griff-McMahon

      Princeton University

    • William Fox

      Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

    • Sophia Malko

      Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

    • Vicente Valenzuela-Villaseca

      Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University

    • Christopher A Walsh

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

    • Brendan McCluskey

      Princeton University

    • Kirill Lezhnin

      Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

    • Huws Y Landsberger

      Princeton University

    • Gennady Fiksel

      University of Michigan

    • Michael J Rosenberg

      University of Rochester

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  • Density Dependent Metallization and Plasma Phase Transition in Warm Dense Matter

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: "Evidence of the Liquid Metal to Plasma Phase Transition in Dense Double
    Shocked Deuterium to 600 GPa", Z. K. Sprowal et al. D. N. Polsin, M. F.
    Huff, A. LaPierre, G. W. Collins, and J. R. Rygg, Submitted Physical Review
    Letters

    "Density Dependent Reflectance in Double Shocked CH", Z. K. Sprowal et
    al. D. N. Polsin, M. F. Huff, A. LaPierre, G. W. Collins, and J. R. Rygg, In
    Preparation Physical Review E

    Presenters

    • Zaire Sprowal

      University of Rochester

    Authors

    • Zaire Sprowal

      University of Rochester

    • Tom Boehly

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics

    • Margaret F Huff

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Danae N Polsin

      University of Rochester

    • Damien G Hicks

      Swinburne University of Technology

    • J. Ryan Rygg

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

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  • Launching Magnetized Warm Dense Matter Experiments

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: I. N. Erez, J. R. Davies, J. L. Peebles, R. Betti, and P.-A. Gourdain, "Generation of strong fields with subcritical density plasmas to study the phase transitions of magnetized warm dense matter," Phys. Plasmas 32, 042511 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0198340

    Presenters

    • Irem Nesli Erez

      Plasma Quantum Group & University of Colorado Boulder

    Authors

    • Irem Nesli Erez

      Plasma Quantum Group & University of Colorado Boulder

    • Jonathan R Davies

      University of Rochester

    • Jonathan L Peebles

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    • Peter V Heuer

      University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    • Daniel H Barnak

      University of Rochester

    • Fernando Garcia Rubio

      Pacific Fusion Corporation, Pacific Fusion

    • Riccardo Betti

      University of Rochester

    • Gilbert W Collins

      University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States

    • Yuan Shi

      University of Colorado Boulder

    • Pierre-Alexandre Gourdain

      University of Rochester

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