The thirteenth
Japan-US Workshop on Heavy Ion Fusion
and High Energy Density Physics

Organized by
Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology,
in collaboration with
Institute of Laser Engineering (ILE), Osaka University

12(Wed)-14(Fri) October 2011

Large Conference Room, 4F, I-Building,
Institute of Laser Engineering (ILE), Osaka University
2-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

Osaka Univ. Suita-campus map	Access to the venue
Workshop program	Talk slides
Workshop photos

Participants:

US-delegation:
John Barnard (LLNL/LBNL)
Erik Gilson (PPPL)
Steven Lund (LLNL/LBNL)
Pavel Ni (LBNL)
Hong Qin (PPPL)
Peter Seidl (LBNL)

Japanese-delegation:
Hiroshi Azechi (ILE)
Jun Hasegawa (Tokyo Tech)
Kazuhiko Horioka (Tokyo Tech)
Taiki Iwashita (KEK)
Weihua Jiang (Nagaoka Univ. of Technol.)
Shigeo Kawata (Utsunomiya Univ.)
Takashi Kikuchi (Nagaoka Univ. of Technol.)
Masakatsu Murakami (ILE)
Takayoshi Norimatsu (ILE)
Masao Ogawa (Komazawa Univ.)
Yoshiyuki Oguri (Tokyo Tech)
Toru Sasaki (Nagaoka Univ. of Technol.)
Hiroyuki Shiraga (ILE)
Ken Takayama (KEK)

Workshop secretary:

Yoshiyuki Oguri (Tokyo Tech)

Talk slides:

12 October (WED)

1. Overview

Takashi Kikuchi (Nagaoka Univ. of Technol.):
Activities for Heavy Ion Inertial Fusion and High Energy Density Science on Nagaoka University of Technology

John Barnard (LLNL/LBNL):
Overview of HIFS VNL Activities in WDM and HIF

2. Special lectures by ILE scientists

Hiroyuki Shiraga (ILE):
Implosion and Heating Experiments of Fast Ignition Targets by GEKKO XII and LFEX Lasers

Masakatsu Murakami (ILE):
Alternative Ignition and Relevant Topics

Takayoshi Norimatsu (ILE):
Issues of Laser Fusion Reactor KOYO-Fast

13 October (THU)

3. Accelerator and beam physics

Steven Lund (LLNL/LBNL):
Envelope Model for the Propagation of an Intense Proton Beam through Thin Foils

Kazuhiko Horioka (Tokyo Tech):
Beam Physics Study at Tokyo Tech

Hong Qin (PPPL):
Beam Wobbler System and Dynamic Stabilization of Ablative RTI (Invited)

Taiki Iwashita (KEK):
Beam Commissioning of the KEK Digital Accelerator

Erik Gilson (PPPL):
Plasmas Sources for Beam Neutralization in NDCX-I and NDCX-II

Weihua Jiang (Nagaoka Univ. of Technol.):
Power Devices for Induction Accelerators

4. Target physics

Shigeo Kawata (Utsunomiya Univ.):
Wobbling HIB Illumination Uniformity

Toru Sasaki (Nagaoka Univ. of Technol.):
Warm Dense Matter Experiments and Diagnostics by using Pulsed-Power Devices and Intense Ion Beams

14 October (FRI)

5. Ion-driven WDM experiments

Yoshiyuki Oguri (Tokyo Tech):
Heavy-Ion Stopping Calculation for Warm Dense Targets Using Dielectric Response Functions

Peter Seidl (LBNL):
Beam Experiments at LBNL

Jun Hasegawa (Tokyo Tech)
Novel Focusing Device for Ion-Driven WDM Experiments

Pavel Ni (LBNL):
Warm Dense Matter Target Experiments on NDCX-I and Plans for NDCX-II (Invited)