Informal Gathering on Magnetic
Reconnection in High Energy Density Plasmas
April 4 & 5, 2013
B318 @ PPPL
April 4, 2013
(Thursday)
8:55am S. Prager & H. Ji (PPPL): Welcome and announcement
9:00am A. Bhattacharjee (PPPL): Magnetic Reconnection in Flow-Driven Regimes
9:45am M. Yamada (PPPL): Laboratory Study of Reconnection Experiments
10:30am Break
10:45am A. Takabe
(Osaka U.) Importance
of and related laser experiments on reconnection physics in collisionless
shock formation in Supernova Remnants (SNRs).
11:30am W. Fox (UNH): HED Magnetic reconnection experiments with externally-imposed fields
12:15pm Lunch
1:30pm Y. Li (IoP, China),
presented by X. Wang (Peking U., China): Recent studies of laser-driven magnetic
reconnection and plasma-plasma collision
2:15pm P. Nilson (Rochester): Past HED reconnection experiments at UK and new experiments at Omega-EP short pulse lasers
3:00pm Break
3:15pm J. Fuchs & R. Smets
(EPT, France): Overview
of the collaborative "magnetism" program and HEDP magnetic
reconnection study in France
4:00pm D. Meyerhofer (Rochester): Magnetic bubble experiments at Omega
4:45pm R. Betti (Rochester), presented by D. Meyerhofer (Rochester): Magnetic field effects on inertial fusion plasmas
5:30pm MRX tour
6:30pm group dinner
April 5, 2013
(Friday)
8:30am A. Spitkovsky
(Princeton): Collisionless
shock experiments with laser-ablated plasmas: status and prospects
9:10am M. Kunz (Princeton): Effects of a weak magnetic field on plasma dynamics
9:50am J. Egedal (MIT/Wisconsin): Role of Pressure Anisotropy in Reconnection
10:30am Break
10:45am Discussion on possible coordination and collaborations
12:00pm end