MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2017



High-Energy-Density Physics Laboratory tour

Cody Parker, Postdoctoral Associate, Graeme Sutcliffe, Graduate Student

Jan/13 Fri 01:00PM-02:00PM NW17-218

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)

This tour showcases Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) research at MIT. The PSFC High-Energy-Density Physics group has developed and/or calibrated a number of nuclear diagnostics installed on the OMEGA laser at the University of Rochester, NY, and on the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, CA, to study nuclear products generated in fusion reactions.

Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Contact: Paul Rivenberg, NW16-284, 617 253-8101, RIVENBERG@PSFC.MIT.EDU