[IGPP Everyone] [PSTI] Plasma Seminar: Tammy Ma (LLNL), Thursday at 1PM

[Marjorie Sowmendran]

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From: Troy Carter <tcarter at physics.ucla.edu>
To: psti at lists.ucla.edu
Sent: Thu, 17 May 2018 08:03:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [PSTI] Re: PSTI Seminar: Tammy Ma (LLNL), Thursday at 1PM

A reminder that Tammy Ma (LLNL) will be giving a PSTI seminar today at 1PM
in PAB 4-330.  Refreshments at 12:45.  See you there

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 9:07 PM Troy Carter <tcarter at physics.ucla.edu>
wrote:

> We'll have a PSTI seminar this Thursday (5/17) at 1PM in PAB 4-330.
> Refreshments will be served at 12:45PM.  Our speaker will be Dr. Tammy Ma
> from LLNL; her title and abstract are below.  Tammy will be at UCLA for
> most of the day on Thursday; please let me know if you'd like to schedule 
> a
> meeting with her.
>
> -Troy
>
> Creating a Star on Earth: Status of Ignition Experiments at the NIF
> Tammy Ma (National Ignition Facility, LLNL)
>
> Physics & Astronomy Building (PAB) Room 4-330
> Thursday, May 24, 2018
> 1:00PM
>
> Abstract:
>
> The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the Lawrence Livermore National
> Laboratory (LLNL) is the world’s largest and most energetic laser system.
> The 1.8 MJ of energy in NIF’s 192 laser beams is designed to create very
> extreme states of matter - temperatures more than 100 million K and
> pressures more than 200 billion atmospheres - conditions emulating those
> found in the interiors of stars and planets.  One of the main NIF 
> campaigns
> is focused on demonstrating thermonuclear burn in the laboratory by laser
> inertial fusion.  Rapid progress is being made, with recent experiments
> demonstrating fuel gains ~2 (two times more fusion energy generated than
> delivered to the fuel) and significant alpha heating.  Work continues
> toward the goal of full ignition, and achieving this will be a major step
> towards demonstrating the feasibility of laser-based fusion as a source of
> abundant, carbon-free energy.  We will provide an update on the progress
> and challenges toward controlled laboratory nuclear fusion.
> --
> Troy Carter tcarter at physics.ucla.edu <//tcarter at physics.ucla.edu>
> Director, Basic Plasma Science Facility <http://plasma.physics.ucla.edu/>
> Director, Plasma Science and Technology Institute <http://psti.ucla.edu/>
> Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA
>
-- 
Troy Carter tcarter at physics.ucla.edu <//tcarter at physics.ucla.edu>
Director, Basic Plasma Science Facility <http://plasma.physics.ucla.edu/>
Director, Plasma Science and Technology Institute <http://psti.ucla.edu/>
Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA

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