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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).<br>2. Datta, R. et al. Plasmoid Formation and Strong Radiative Cooling in a Driven Magnetic Reconnection Experiment. Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 155102 (2024).<br>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<br>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

    • Nate Grant Chalmers

      Cornell University

    • Joe Ming Ju Chen

    • Jakub Cikhardt

      Czech Tech Univ

    • Balzima Cikhardtova

      Czech Tech Univ

    • Nicholas M Jordan

    • Vojtech Juras

      Czech Tech Univ

    • Pavel Kubes

      Czech Tech Univ

    • Jakub Malir

      Czech Tech Univ

    • Landon R Tafoya

    • Karel Turek

      Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences

    • David A Hammer

      Cornell University

    • Ryan D McBride

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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

      Princeton University, Department of Astrophysical Sciences

    • 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

    • 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<br>Shocked Deuterium to 600 GPa", Z. K. Sprowal et al. D. N. Polsin, M. F.<br>Huff, A. LaPierre, G. W. Collins, and J. R. Rygg, Submitted Physical Review<br>Letters<br><br>"Density Dependent Reflectance in Double Shocked CH", Z. K. Sprowal et<br>al. D. N. Polsin, M. F. Huff, A. LaPierre, G. W. Collins, and J. R. Rygg, In<br>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

      University of Rochester

    Authors

    • Irem Nesli Erez

      University of Rochester

    • Jonathan R Davies

      University of Rochester

    • Jonathan L Peebles

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    • Peter V Heuer

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), University of Rochester

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

    • Yuan Shi

      University of Colorado Boulder

    • Pierre-Alexandre Gourdain

      University of Rochester

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