Gilliss' talk - based on LaserNetUS talk- adjusted with Alan
Status of Eric's talk: not started
20+5 presentation is enough for at most 15 slides. Three topics max?
Anything in the CDR- baseline. - including non-flagship ideas
Collisionless shockwaves will also be covered at end of Chris's but no problem of repeating
Some connection to the IFE FI electron concept.
Presenting plasma phase space
Don't forget that strong fields are another axis of "extreme"
Plasma optics?
Expanding on these or even experiments that would need upgrades (flag them)
Can go into experimental systems / diagnostics
Damage cascades?
Magnetized plasmas; fundamental atomic physics - Zeeman splitting (issue: not published)
Issue: risk of intellectual property theft
Note PhD thesis of Matthiew
Plasmas affecting exoplanets?
Tomography - very interesting, with caveats about execution.
Workshop: MEC-U discussion prompts
Use this opportunity to get user input - without guide they have no idea. 1 hour could be insufficient
Modes of beam delivery for kJ laser: pulse formats, focusing, directions, target designs
Is there an advantage to splitting the beam – would people request this if we don't have the 5 kJ?
This is one where the project wouldn't have to change- but we note that it's a possibility out of the box.
Same for short pulse laser: pulse formats, defocus
Laser science? Plans, proposals. Example: on target intensity, few shot intensity contrast diagnostics, flying foci, plasma optics – which of these need X-rays and why?
Diagnostic priorities
Pre-MEC diagnostic development opportunities? Example: getting signal from background, EMP robustness, inserter loading
Early experiments, with few diagnostics?
TCO experiments? — note: possibly not initially delivered.
Review submitted slides
5 kJ and 2x 1 PW
Pulsed power discussion – is it sufficient to have something SLIM mounted?
Next MEC-U workshop
Timeframe: April, May?
Avoid: S&I review of MEC / Director's review of MEC-U – somewhere around March