MEC Science and IFE Basic Research at LCLS - morning session
053 - Science & User Support Building (SUSB), Trinity-A (Ground Floor)
This full-day workshop will review Matter in Extreme Conditions Science results and opportunities at LCLS and discuss inertial fusion energy (IFE) basic research needs that can be addressed at LCLS.
Location: SLAC Building 53, Trinity, 1350-A
Organizers:
Gilliss Dyer
Dimitri Khaghani
Time PST | Title of Talk | Speaker (First, Last Name) | Institution |
| 8:00 AM | Welcome and Introduction | Gilliss Dyer | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory |
| 8:30 AM | In situ observation of the α-ω phase transition in titanium during shock loading and release using pulsed x-ray diffraction | Sota Takagi | Carnegie Institute |
| 8:50 AM | Revisiting the Earth (and our solar system) through the use of the MEC Instrument | Arianna Gleason-Holbrook | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory |
| 9:10 AM | In situ X-ray diffraction study of shock and release dynamics of rocky materials | Karen Appel | European XFEL |
| 9:30 AM | Break | ||
| 9:50 AM | Predictions of a few novel signatures to explore with x-ray Thomson scattering | Andrew Baczewski | Sandia National Laboratory |
| 10:10 AM | Experimental Measurements of Thermal Conductivity in Warm Dense Matter | Matthew Oliver | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) |
| 10:30 AM | X-ray diffraction texture analysis to reveal competing pathways during a shock-induced phase transition in Zr | Saransh Soderlind | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| 10:50 AM | First direct measurement of electron relaxation time in a warm dense plasma. | Yuanfang Shi | University of Oxford |
| 11:10 AM | Chemistry and phase transitions of low-Z mixtures at planetary interior conditions | Alessandra Ravasio | CNRS |
| 11:30 AM | MEC Instrument Updates | Dimitri Khaghani | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory |
| 12:00 PM | LUNCH |
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