Webinars
Upcoming Webinars
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Past Webinars

Robbie Scott, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
December 12, 2023 at 9pm Beijing time (8am EDT/1pm London/2pm Paris)
Shock Ignited Approaches to Laser Inertial Fusion Energy
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Eugene Gregoryanz, University of Edinburgh, UK
October 17, 2023, at 9pm Beijing time (9am EDT/2pm London/3pm Paris)
Hydrogen and deuterium and their interactions at high compressions
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Xueqing Yan, Peking University, China
September 22, 2023 at 9pm Beijing time (9am EDT/2pm London/3pm Paris)
Laser Plasma Accelerator and Applications
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Mickael Grech, Laboratoire d’Utilisation des Lasers Intenses (LULI), Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, France
July 11, 2023 at 9pm Beijing time (9am EDT/2pm London/3pm Paris/9pm Beijing)
Electromagnetic QED cascades in the lab: how close are we to creating showers and avalanches?
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Bruno Albertazzi, CNRS, LULI Laboratory, France
June 13, 2023 at 9pm Beijing time (9am EDT/2pm London/3pm Paris/9pm Beijing)
Supernovae Remnants and their interaction with external agents in the laboratory: how it structure the ISM
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Jorge E. Hirsch, Department of Physics, University of California San Diego
May 2, 2023 at 9pm Beijing time (9am EDT/2pm London/3pm Paris/9pm Beijing)
Are hydrides under high pressure high temperature superconductors?View Jorge E. Hirsch's presentation abstract
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Lifeng Wang, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics
April 11, 2023, 9am EDT (2pm London/3pm Paris/9pm Beijing)
Shock-assisted ignition for 2-3 MJ indirect-drive moderate-gain ICF capsules
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Norimasa Osaki, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
March 7, 2023, 8am EDT (1pm London/2pm Paris/9pm Beijing)
Dynamic high-pressure research using intense photon beams
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Dr. Zhaohui Wu, Laser Fusion Research Center(LFRC), China Academic of Engineering Physics, China
February 23, 2023, 8am EDT (1pm London/2pm Paris/9pm Beijing)
New ways of laser compression via plasma
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Christian Schubert, ELI Beamlines Centre, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences
January 19, 2023 8am EDT (1pm London/2pm Paris/9pm Beijing)
Photon - Photon Scattering
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Prof. Wenjun Ma, Peking University, China
December 13, 2022, 8am EDT (1pm London/2pm Paris/9pm Beijing)
Science and technologies in the targets for laser‐plasma accelerators
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Professor Gérard Mourou, Haut-Collège at the École polytechnique, France
November 15, 2022, 8 am EST (1pm London/2pm Paris/9pm Beijing)
Searching for extreme light
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Marco Borghesi, Centre for Plasma Physics, Queen’s University Belfast (UK)
October 4, 2022, 9 am EDT (2pm London/3pm Paris/9pm Beijing)
Multispecies ion acceleration from laser-driven ultrathin foils
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Professor Kunioki Mima, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
September 13, 2022, 9am EDT (2pm London/3pm Paris/9pm Beijing/10pm Tokyo)
Overview of Recent Development of Laser Driven Neutron Source and Nuclear Resonance Absorption Imaging at ILE Osaka University
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Dr. Caterina Riconda, Laboratoire d’Utilisation des Lasers Intenses (LULI), Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
July 19th, 2022, 9 am EDT (2pm London/3pm Paris/9pm Beijing)
Surface Electron Acceleration in Laser Overdense Plasma Interaction
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Marija Vranic, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal
June 14th, 2022, 9 am EDT (2pm London/3pm Paris/9pm Beijing)
Plasma in extreme fields: challenges and opportunities
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Florian Debras, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), France
May 10th, 2022, 9 am EDT (2pm London/3pm Paris/9pm Beijing)
Planetary interiors: from laboratory warm dense matter experiments to the core of Jupiter
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Wentao Wang, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Machinery, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
April 5, 2022, 9 am EDT (2pm London/3pm Paris/9pm Beijing)
High-quality electron beams and free-electron lasing based on laser wakefield acceleratorView Wentao Wang's presentation abstract

James Bailey, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
Laboratory opacity measurements for stellar interiorsView James Bailey's presentation abstract

Marcus Knudson, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
Coupling the Sandia Z Machine and Condensed Matter Theory to Understand Extreme Dynamic Compression ExperimentsView Marcus Knudson's presentation abstract

Jian Sun, Nanjing University, China
Prediction of new material and new state under high pressure
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Marcelo Ciappina, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, China
Using tunneling ionization for ultrahigh laser intensities calibration
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Gianluca Gregori, University of Oxford, UK
Strong suppression of heat conduction in a laboratory replica of galaxy-cluster turbulent plasmas
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Victor Malka, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Laser plasma accelerators physics with the first results from the new WIS 2 x100 TW laser
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Paul McKenna, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Role of the relativistic plasma aperture in particle acceleration and the generation of high order modes of intense light.
View Paul McKenna's presentation abstract
Related articles:
Investigation of magnetic inhibition effect on ion acceleration at high laser intensities
Ion source perturbation and control in intense laser plasma interaction

Yanqi Gao, Shanghai Institute of Laser Plasma, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Shanghai, China.
Low-coherence high-power laser drivers for inertial confinement fusion
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Related article:
Development of low-coherence high-power laser drivers for inertial confinement fusion

Kazuo A Tanaka, ELI-NP: Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics, Magurele, Romania.
Current Status of ELI-NP with Emphasis on 10 PW Laser Operation
View Kazuo A Tanaka's presentation abstract
Related article:
Current status and highlights of the ELI-NP research program

Ronald Redmer, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
Warm dense matter – probing planetary interiors
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Ho-Kwang (David) Mao, Director of HPSTAR, Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai, China.
The Aerobic Earth
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View Ho-Kwang Mao's recording here
Related articles:
Key problems of the four-dimensional Earth system

Frank B Rosmej, Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
XFEL and HHG interaction with matter : X-ray emission and effects of ultrashort pulses including random spikes
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Related article:
XFEL and HHG interaction with matter: Effects of ultrashort pulses and random spikes
Statistical and quantum photoionization cross sections in plasmas: Analytical approaches for any configurations including inner shells
Challenges of x-ray spectroscopy in investigations of matter under extreme conditions

Donald Earl Winget, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States
Laboratory Astrophysics at Cosmic Conditions
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Sakura Pascarelli, European XFEL, Germany
New scientific opportunities for studies of matter at extreme conditions at the European XFELView Sakura Pascarelli's presentation abstract
Special webinar: Ceremony of MRE Young Scientist Award
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