
2006 Publications
The NTF had 56 papers and reports published, accepted, or submitted for 2006.
- D.J. Ampleford, S.V. Lebedev, J. P. Chittenden, S.N. Bland, S.C. Bott, G.N. Hall, J.B.A. Palmer, J. Rapley, V.L. Kantsyrev, A.S. Safronova, V.V. Ivanov, D.A. Fedin, P.J. Laca, V.I. Sotnikov, F. Yilmaz, N. Ouart, V. Nalajala, I. Shrestha, S. Pokala, B. Jones, C. Deeney, C.A. Coverdale, P.D. LePell, "Implosion Dynamics in Conical Wire Array Z-pinches," in: Dense Z-Pinches: 6th Intl . Conf. on Dense Z-Pinches, AIP Conf. Proc. 808, 33 (2006).
- M. Borghesi, J. Fuchs, S. Bulanov, A.J. Mackinnon, P. Patel, M. Roth, "Fast ion generation by high intensity laser-irradiation of solid targets and applications", Fusion Sci. & Tech. 49, 412 (2006).
- Z.I. Chen, G.R. Kumar, Z.M. Sheng, T. Matsuoka, Y. Sentoku, M. Tampo, K.A.Tanaka, T. Tsutsumi, T. Yabuuchi, and R. Kodama, "Transient Electrostatic Fields and Related Energetic Proton Generation with a Plasma Fiber," Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 084802 (2006).
- C.A. Coverdale, B. Jones, P.D. LePell, C. Deeney, A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, D. Fedin, N. Ouart, V. Ivanov, J. Chittenden, V. Nalajala, S. Pokala, I. Shrestha, "Dynamics of Copper Wire Arrays at 1 MA and 20 MA Generators," in: Dense Z-Pinches: 6th Intl. Conf. on Dense Z-Pinches, AIP Conf. Proc. 808, 45 (2006).
- A. Esaulov, "Models of radiation yield from wire array implosion at 1 MA Zebra generator," Phys. Plasmas 13, 042506 (2006).
- C.V. Filip, Cs. Toth, W.P. Leemans, "Optical cross-correlator based on supercontinuum generation," Optics Express 14, 2512 (2006).
- B. G. Fubiani, E. Esarey, C.B. Schroeder and W.P. Leemans, "Improvement of electron beam quality in optical injection schemes using negative plasma density gradients," Phys. Rev. E. 73, 026502 (2006).
- J. Fuchs, P. Antici, E d'Humieres, E. Lefebvre, M. Borghesi, E. Brambrink, C.A. Cecchetti, M. Kaluza, V. Malka, M Maclossi, S. Meyroneinc, P. Mora, J. Schreiber, T. Toncian, H. Pepin, P Audebert, "Laser-driven proton acceleration: scaling laws and new paths towards energy increase," Nature Physics 2, 48 (2006).
- J.Fuchs, P. Antici, E. D'Humieres, E. Lefebvre, M. Borghesi, E. Brambrink, C.A.Cecchetti, M. Kaluza, V.Malka, M. Manclossi, S. Meyroneinc, P. Mora, J. Schrieber, T. Toncian, H. Pepin, P. Audebert, "Scaling laws for Proton Acceleration From the Rear Surface of Laser-Irradiated Thin Foils", AIP Conf. Proc. 827, 237 (2006).
- B.M. Hegelich, B.J. Albright, J. Cobble, K. Flippo, S. Letzring, M. Paffett, H. Ruhl, J. Schreiber, R.K. Schulze and J.C. Fernandez, "Laser acceleration of monoenergetic MeV ion beams," Nature 439, 441 (2006).
- V.V. Ivanov, V.L Kantsyrev, V.I. Sotnikov, D.A. Fedin, A.L. Astanovitskiy, B. LeGalloudec, V. Nalajala, I. Shrestha, T.E. Cowan, B. Jones, C.A. Coverdale, C. Deeney, P.D. LePell, "Investigation of regimes of wire array implosion on the 1-MA "Zebra" accelerator", Phys. Plasma 13, 012704 (2006).
- Jones, C. Deeney, C.A. Coverdale, P.D. LePell, J.L. McKenney, J.P. Apruzese, J.W. Thornhill, K.G. Whitney, R.W.Clark, A.L. Velikovich, J. Davis, Y. Maron, V. kantsyrev, A.Safronova, V.I. Oreshkin, "K-Shell radiation physics in low- moderate-atomic-number z-pinch plasmas on the Z accelerator," J. Quant. Spect. Rad. Transport 99, 341 (2006).
- B. Jones, C. Deeney, J.L. McKenney, C.J. Garasi, T.A. Mehlhorn, A.C. Robinson, S.E. Wunsch, C.A. Coverdale, P.D. LePell, S.N. Bland, S.V. Lebedev, J.P. Chittenden, S.C. Bott, D.J. Ampleford, J.B.A. Palmer, G.N. Hall, J. Rapley, B.V. Oliver, A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, V.V. Ivanov, V.I. Sotnikov, D. Fedin, N. Ouart, F. Yilmaz, V. Nalajala, S. Pokala, I. Shrestha, "Seeded Perturbations In Wire Array Z-Pinches," in: Dense Z-Pinches: 6th Intl. Conf. on Dense Z-Pinches, AIP Conf. Proc. 808, 61 (2006).
- I. Jovanovic, C. Haefner, B. Wattelier and C.P.J. Barty, "Optical switching and contrast enhancement in intense laser systems by cascaded optical parametric amplification," Optics Lett. 31, 6 (2006).
- V.L. Kantsyrev, A.S. Safronova, V. Ivanov, D. Fedin, R. Mancini, A. Astanovitsky, B. LeGalloudec, S. Batie, D. Brown, V. Nalajala, I. Shrestha, S. Pokala, N. Ouart, F. Yilmaz, A. Clinton, M. Johnson, T.E. Cowan, B. Jones, C.A. Coverdale, C. Deeney, P.D. LePell, D. Jobe and D. Nielson, "Radiative properties of asymmetric and symmetric X-pinches with two and four wires recently produced on the UNR 1 MA Zebra generator," J. Quant. Spect. Rad. Transport 99, 349 (2006).
- V. Kantsyrev, A. Safronova, D. Fedin, V. Ivanov, A. Esaulov, V. Nalajala, I. Shrestha, S. Pokala, N. Ouart, F. Yilmaz, T. Hoppe, P. Laca, A. Astanovitsky, S. Batie, B. LeGalloudec, T. Cowan, G. Sarkisov, J. Gradel, "Radiative Properties, Structure, and Dynamics of Asymmetric and Symmetric, Uniform and Combined X-Pinches on 1MA Zebra Generator," in: Dense Z-Pinches: 6th Intl . Conf. on Dense Z-Pinches, AIP Conf. Proc. 808, 137 (2006).
- V. Kantsyrev, L. Rudakov, A. Safronova, D. Fedin, V. Ivanov, A. Velikovich, A. Esaulov, A. Chuvatin, V. Nalajala, I. Shrestha, S. Pokala, N. Ouart, F. Yilmaz, S. Batie, A. Astanovitsky, P. Laca, J. Gradel, B. Le Galloudec, T. Cowan, "Radiation Yield and Dynamics of Planar Wire-Array Plasma," in: Dense Z-Pinches: 6th Intl . Conf. on Dense Z-Pinches, AIP Conf. Proc. 808, 65 (2006).
- V.L. Kantsyrev, A.S. Safronova, D.A. Fedin, V.V. Ivanov, A.A. Esaulov, V. Nalajala, I. Shrestha, S. Pokala, N.D. Ouart, M.F. Yilmaz, K. Williamson, P. Laca, T.E. Cowan, L.I. Rudakov, B.M. Jones, C.A. Coverdale, C. Deeney, P.D. LePell, A.L.Velikovich, A.S. Chuvatin, "Study of Radiation Properties and Implosion Dynamics of Planar and Cylindrical Wire Arrays, Asymmetric and Symmetric, Uniform and Combined X-pinches on the UNR 1MA Zebra Generator," IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 34, 194 (2006).
- R. Kodama, P.A. Norreys, Y. Sentoku, R.B. Campbell, "Fast heating of high-density plasma with a reentrant cone concept," Fusion Sci. Tech. 49, 3 (2006).
- V.B. Krasovitskii, V.G. Dorofeenko, V.A. Turikov, V.I. Sotnikov, "Decay instability generated by a laser pulse during perpendicular propagation in magnetoactive plasma" Plasma Physics Reports 32, 25 (2006). {Orig. Russian: Fizika Plasmy 32, 26 (2006).}
- W. Leemans, E. Esarey, C. Geddes, C. Schroeder, C. Toth, "Laser Guiding for GeV Laser-Plasma Accelerators," Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. London A 364, 585 (2006).
- N. Ouart, A. Safronova, V. Kantsyrev, D. Fedin, J. Douglass, R. McBride, M. Mitchell, L. Maxson, D. Hammer, "Spectroscopic modeling of X-pinch plasmas from alloy wires with Cr, Co, and Ni K- and L-shell radiators," in: Dense Z-Pinches: 6th Intl. Conf. on Dense Z-Pinches, AIP Conf. Proc. 808, 311 (2006).
- M. Roth, A. Blazevic, E. Brambrink, M. Geissel, T.E. Cowan, J. Fuchs, A. Kemp, H. Ruhl, P. Audebert, J. Cobble, J. Fernandez, M. Hegelich, S. Letzring, K. Ledingham, P. McKenna, R. Clarke, D. Neely, S. Karsch, D. Habs, D.J. Schreiber, "Laser accelerated high quality ion beams," Hyperfine Interactions 162, 45 (2006).
- A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, N. Ouart, F. Yilmaz, A. Astanovitsky, B. LeGalloudec, S. Batie, D. Brown, V. Nalajala, S. Pokala, I. Shrestha, T.E. Cowan, B. Jones, C.A. Coverdale, C. Deeney, S.B. Hansen, P.D. LePell, D. Jobe and D. Nielson, "Spectroscopic modeling of radiation from Cu and Mo X-pinches produced on the UNR 1 MA Zebra generator," J. Quant. Spect. Rad. Transport 99, 560 (2006).
- A. Safronova, V. Kantsyrev, A. Esaulov, D. Fedin, N. Ouart, F. Yilmaz, G. Osborne, V. Nalajala, S. Pokala, I. Shrestha, A. Astanovitsky, S. Batie, B. LeGalloudec, T. Cowan, B. Jones, C. Coverdale, C. Deeney, D. LePell, J. Gradel, "Implosion dynamics and Spectroscopy of X-pinches and Wire arrays with doped Al wires on the UNR 1MA Z-pinch generator," in: Dense Z-Pinches: 6th Intl. Conf. on Dense Z-Pinches, AIP Conf. Proc. 808, 149 (2006).
- A. Safronova, V. Kantsyrev, D. Fedin, F. Yilmaz, T. Hoppe, V. Nalajala, J. Douglass, R. McBride, M. Mitchell, L. Maxson, D. Hammer, "X-ray Spectroscopy and Imaging of Combined X-pinches with Mo and W wires at Cornell and UNR 1MA Pulsed Power Devices," in: Dense Z-Pinches: 6th Intl. Conf. on Dense Z-Pinches, AIP Conf. Proc. 808, 145 (2006).
- U.I. Safronova, Yu. Ralchenko, I. Murakami, T. Kato, D. Kato, "Atomic Data for dielectronic recombination into C-like oxygen," Phys. Scripta 73, 143 (2006).
- U.I. Safronova, A.S. Safronova, S.M. Hamasha, P. Beiersdorfer, "Relativistic many-body calculations of multipole (E1, M1, E2, M2, E3, M3) transition wavelengths and rates between 3l -14l' excited and ground states in nickel-like ions" Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables 92, 47 (2006).
- U.I. Safronova, T.E. Cowan and M.S. Safronova, "Relativistic many-body calculations of energies, E2, and M1 transition rates of 4s24p states in Ga-like ions," Phys. Lett. A 348, 293 (2006).
- U.I. Safronova, T.E. Cowan, "Excitation energies, hyperfine constants, E1 transition rates, and lifetimes of 4s2nl states in neutral gallium", J. Phys. B 39, 749 (2006).
- G.S. Sarkisov, I.L. Beigman, V.P. Shevelko, K.W. Struve, "Interferometric measurements of dynamic polarizabilities for metal atoms using electrically exploding wires in vacuum," Phys. Rev. A. 73, 042501 (2006).
- Y. Sentoku, W. Kruer, M. Matsuoka, A. Pukhov, "Laser Hole Boring and Hot Electron Generation in the Fast Ignition Scheme," Fusion Sci. Tech. 49, 278 (2006).
- J. van Tilborg, C. B. Schroeder, C.V.Filip, Cs. Toth, C.G.R. Geddes, G. Fubiani, R. Huber, R.A. Kaindl, E. Esarey, and W.P. Leemans "Temporal characterization of Femtosecond Laser-Plasma-Accelerated Electron Bunches using THz Radiation," Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 014801 (2006).
- J. van Tilborg, C. B. Schroeder, C.V.Filip, Cs. Toth, C.G.R. Geddes, G. Fubiani, E. Esarey, and W.P. Leemans "Terahertz radiation as a bunch diagnostic for laser-wakefield-accelerated electron bunches," Phys. Plasmas 13, 056704 (2006).
Reports (2006)
- I. Murakami, T, Kato, D. Kato, U. I. Safronova, T. E. Cowan, and Yu. Ralchenko "Atomic Data for Dielectronic Recombination into Mg-like Fe," NIFS-DATA-96, 1 (2006).
Accepted (in press):
- C. Haefner, I. Jovanovic, B. Wattelier, C.P.J. Barty, "Demonstration of pulse switching with >1011 prepulse contrast by cascaded-optical parametric amplification," in: Ultrafast Optics V (Springer, 2006), in press.
- V.V. Ivanov, G.S. Sarkisov, P.J. Laca, V.I. Sotinkov, V.L. Kantsyrev, b. Jones C.A. Cloverdale, P.D. LePell, C. Deeney, K.W. Struve, A.L. Astanovitskiy, D. Fendin, B. LeGalloudec, V.Nalajala, I. Shrestha, T.E.Cowan, "Investigation of Magnetic Fields in 1-MA Wire Arrays and X-Pinches," IEEE Trans. Plasma Science (2006), in press.
- V. Kantsyrev, D. Fedin, M. Savage, W. Cline, V. Nalajala, S. Pokala, I. Shrestha, "Table-top z-pinch and laser-plasma x-ray/EUV facility 'Sparky'," SPIE Proceedings (San Diego August 3-6, 2005), in press.
- H. Ruhl, T.E. Cowan and F. Pegoraro, "The generation of images of surfaces by laser-accelerated protons," Laser Part. Beams (2006), in press.
- U.I. Safronova, "Excitation energies, oscillator strengths, and transition rates in BI, AlI, GaI, InI, and TlI," J. Plasma Fusion Res. SERIES Vol.7, __ (2006), in press.
- C.B. Schroeder, E. Esarey, B.A. Shadwick and W.P. Leemans, "Trapping and dark current in nonlinear plasma waves," Phys. Plasmas (2006), in press.
- Y. Sentoku, A. Kemp, M. Bakeman, R. Presura and T.E.Cowan, "Isochoric heating of hot dense matter by ultra-intense short pulse irradiation", J. Physics IV France 1, __ (2006), in press.
- Y. Sentoku, A.Kemp and T.E. Cowan, "Full Scale Explicit PIC Simulation of Fast Ignition Experiment," Journal Physics IV France 1, __ (2006), in press.
- Y. Sentoku, W. Kruer, M. Matsuoka, and A. Pukhov, "Laser-Plasma Coupling for Fast Ignition," in: Fusion Science & Technology: Fast Ignition Inertial Fusion, eds. E.M. Campbell, R. Freeman, K.A. Tanaka, (ANS 2006), in press.
Submitted (in review):
- S. Gaillard, J. Fuchs, N. Renard-Le Galloudec, T.E. Cowan, "Comment on Measurements of Energetic Proton Transport through Magnetized Plasma from Intense Laser Interaction with Solids" Phys. Rev. Lett. (2005), submitted.
- V.V. Ivanov, V.I. Sotnikov, T.E. Cowan, P.J. Laca, A.L. Astanovitskiy, B. Le Galloudec, G.S. Sarkisov, B. Jones, C. Deeney, B.V. Oliver, T.A. Mehlhorn, J.N. Leboeuf, "Observation of large- and small-scale structures induced in the plasma column of wire array Z-pinches," Phys. Rev. Lett. (2006), submitted.
- V. Kantsyrev, L. Rudakov, A. Safronova, D. Fedin, V. Ivanov, A. Velikovich, A. Esaulov, A. Chuvatin, T. Cowan, "Experimental Observation of Enhanced Magnetic Energy Dissipation and Radiation Yield in a Planar Wire-Array Plasma", sub. to Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Andreas Kemp, J. Fuchs, Y. Sentoku, V. Sotnikov, M. Bakeman, P. Antici, and T.E. Cowan, "Emittance growth mechanisms for laser-accelerated proton beams," sub. to Phys. Rev. E (1/28/06).
- I. Murakami, T, Kato, D. Kato, U. I. Safronova, T. E. Cowan, and Yu. Ralchenko "Large-scale calculation of dielectronic recombination parameters for Mg-like Fe" sub. to J. Phys. B.
- R. Presura, V.V. Ivanov, A. Esaulov, Y. Sentoku, V.I. Sotnikov, P. Laca, A. Astanovitskiy, C. Chiu, T. Ditmire, W. Horton, S. Keely, B. Le Galloudec, N. Renard-Le Galloudec and T. E. Cowan, "Anisotropic expansion of a laser-produced-plasma in a strong magnetic field," Phys. Rev. Lett. (2005), submitted.
- R. Presura, S. Neff, and L.F. Wanex, "Concepts of Experiments with Astrophysical-Like Plasma Jets," sub. to Astrophys. Space Science (4/2006).
- W. R. Johnson and U. I. Safronova "Comparison of transition rates in FeXXV calculated by CI and MBPT methods,'' sub to Atom. Data Nucl. Data Tables.
- M.S. Safronova, W. R. Johnson, U. I. Safronova, and T. E. Cowan, ``Relativistic many-body calculations of the Stark-induced amplitude of the 6P1/2 -7P1/2 transition in thallium'' sub. to Phys. Rev. A.
- V.I. Sotnikov, V.V. Ivanov, T.E. Cowan, J.N. Leboeuf, B.V. Oliver, C. Cloverdale, B. Jones, C. Deeney, T.A. Mehlhorn, G. S. Sarkisov and P.D. LePell, P. Hellinger, P. Travnicek, "Hybrid simulation of Z-pinches in support of wire array implosion experiments at NTF," sub to Journal of Plasma Physics 2005.
- V.I. Sotnikov, V.V. Ivanov, T.E. Cowan, J.N. Leboeuf, B.V. Oliver, C. Cloverdale, B. Jones, C. Deeney, T.A. Mehlhorn, G. S. Sarkisov and P.D. LePell, "Investigation of Electromagnetic Flute Mode Instability in a High Beta Z-Pinch Plasma," Sub to Special Issue of IEEE 2005.
- L. Wanex, "Sheared Flow as a Stabilizing Mechanism in Astrophysical Jets," sub. to Astrophys. Space Science (4/2006).