High Energy Density Physics with Intense Ion and Laser Beams:
Annual Report 2006 (GSI Report 2007-2)

Cover illustration:
The front cover shows a remarkable example of science and art complementing each other in some harmony. The drawing constituting the center part has been created by Claudia V. Meister, who was a guest scientist at GSI-Plasmaphysics department last year in December. There were only few leisure hours during this busy stay, but she used them to record her impressions of GSI. The photographs framing this drawing show the recently developed gold hohlraum targets for conversion of laser radiation into x-rays. In the picture on the upper left and lower right side one can see the larger entrance hole for the laser beam and the smaller diagnostic hole for analyzing the created x-rays. The picture on the lower left and upper right side are views on one hole through another hole: here the small diagnostic hole is seen through the large beam entrance hole. The diameter of the target is  750µm  with  entrance holes of  300µm and 125µm respectively.

Curriculum Vitae of Claudia Veronika Meister:
In 1967, being 14 years old, the artist-autodidact Claudia-Veronika Meister started her career in the Glauchau school of fine arts by the drawing master, painter and graphic artist Johannes Feige. As student of the special mathematical class at the Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg 1969-1971, she took also part in evening drawing and painting courses of the university by the painter and graphic artist Prof. Ullrich Bewersdorff. C.-V. Meister paints in water-colour, gouache and oil. She makes woodcuts and lithographic prints. Her works concern flowers, animals, landscapes, portraits and illustrations of scientific, especially physical, phenomena. Since 1968, she takes part in exhibitions of the Glauchau school of fine art. Besides, she organized personal exhibitions, so in Strasbourg (1999), Opole (since 2006) and Potsdam (since 2006). Since 2003, she wrote many popular-scientific articles which she illustrated with graphics and paintings. In 2006, she initiated in Potsdam an own evening and a weekend drawing course. Besides, she gives fine arts lectures at the Berlin-Brandenburg Foreigners Academy.

EP-01

Experiments with laser-heated hohlraum targets

1

• T. Heßling, A. Blazevic, A. Pelka, D. Schumacher, M. Roth, D.H.H. Hoffmann

EP-02

3D-flow modeling of laser-accelerated protons and electric field reconstruction

2

• M. Schollmeier, H. Ruhl, F. Nürnberg, K. Flippo, A. Blazevic, J.C. Fernandez, C. Gautier, K. Harres, B.M. Hegelich, J. Schreiber, K. Witte, B. Zielbauer, M. Roth

EP-03

3-D reconstruction of a laser accelerated proton beam using micro-structured target foils and radiochromic film detectors

3

• F. Nürnberg, M. Schollmeier, K. Harres, A. Blazevic, E. Brambrink, J. Schreiber, K.A. Flippo, B.M. Hegelich, C. Gautier, J. Fernandez, M. Roth

EP-04

Investigations of Laser Plasma Energy Flow and Reflected Laser Radiation

4

• V. Vatulin, A. Gnutov, N. Zhidkov, A. Kunin, P. Kuznetsov, A. Blazevic, T. Heßling, O. Rosmej, A. Pelka, G. Schaumann

EP-05

Pressure dependence of excimer emission induced by an intense uranium beam

5

• A. Adonin, J. Jacoby, V. Turtikov, A. Fertman, A. Golubev, D.H.H. Hoffmann, A. Ulrich, D. Varentsov, J. Wieser

EP-06

Development of an Detector for X-Ray Laser Spectroscopy of Heavy Ions

6

• A. Mayr, R. Berezov, J. Jacoby, T. Kühl, P. Neumayer, O. Rosmej, D. Ursescu, B. Zielbauer, D. Zimmer

EP-07

Diamond Detectors for Longitudinal Properties of Pulsed Heavy-Ion Beams

7

• F. Wamers, A. Blazevic, E. Berdermann, B. Lommel, R. Knobloch-Maas, P. Moritz, G. Schaumann, M. Schollmeier, J.v. Kalben, B. Voss, E. Wörner, M. Roth

EP-08

First contactless electrical resistivity measurements for HEDP experiments with heavy ion beams

8

• J. Ling, S. Udrea, D. Fernengel, A. Fertman, D.H.H. Hoffmann, A. Hug, M. Kulish, J. Menzel, D. Nikolaev, V. Ternovoi, V. Turtikov, D. Varentsov

EP-09

Interferometric Velocity Measurements in Heavy Ion Driven WDM Experiments

9

• J. Menzel, D. Fernengel, A. Fertman, D.H.H. Hoffmann, A. Hug, M. Kulish, J. Ling, D. Nikolaev, V. Ternovoi, V. Turtikov, S. Udrea, D. Varentsov

EP-10

Non-intercepting diagnostics for intense, strongly focused heavy ion beam

10

• A. Hug, M. Ciobanu, D. Fernengel, A. Fertman, M. Kulish, J. Menzel, D. Nikolaev, V. Ternovoi, V. Turtikov, S. Udrea, D. Varentsov, D.H.H. Hoffmann

EP-11

Proton and Ion Radiography for High Energy Density Physics Experiments

11

• D. Fernengel, N. Borisenko, V. Demidov, A. Fertman, A. Golubev, D.H.H. Hoffmann, A. Hug, V. Kim, M. Kulish, J. Ling, N. Markov, J. Menzel, P. Ni, D. Nikolaev, V. Ternovoi, V. Turtikov, S. Udrea, D. Varentsov

EP-12

Development and calibration of a Thomson parabola with a MCP

12

• K. Harres, M. Schollmeier, J. Schreiber, B.M. Hegelich, F. Nürnberg, E. Brambrink, P. Audebert, A. Blazevic, M. Roth

EP-13

Studies of Si K-shell spectra induced by Calcium projectiles penetrating aerogels

13

• J. Rzadkiewicz, O. Rosmej, A. Blazevic, S. Hagmann, V.P. Efremov, A. Gojska, D.H.H. Hoffmann, S. Korostiy, M. Polasik, K. Slabkowska, A.E. Volkov

EP-14

Energy Spectrum of Ions Passing through Low-density Porous Targets

14

• A. Gnutov, A. Golubev, V. Ermolovich, A. Fertman, V. Karpov, A. Kunin, A. Pinegin, V. Turtikov, V. Vatulin, N. Zhidkov, A. Blazevic, O. Rosmej, T. Heßling, K. Weyrich, G. Schaumann, A. Pelka

EP-15

The Gap-target Geometry and Influence on Energy Loss in Ar-plasma and -gas

15

• K. Weyrich, H. Wahl, D.H.H. Hoffmann, A. Golubev, A. Kantsyrev, M. Kulish, S. Dudin

EP-16

New method of the Uranium Coulomb range measurements

16

• A. Fertman, M. Basko, R. Hinca, A. Golubev, I. Hofmann, E. Mustafin, I. Strasik, M. Pavlovich, V. Turtikov, B. Sharkov, D. Varentsov

EP-17

Developing of a new high voltage switch based on a Lorenz forced gas discharge

17

• M. Iberler, J. Jacoby, J. Otto, T. Rienecker, C. Teske

EP-18

Investigation of the properties of a MHD plasma valve

18

• C. Teske, M. Iberler, J. Jacoby, W. Schweizer

EP-19

CAST-Probing Axions from the Core of the Sun

19

• A. Nordt, S. Gerhard, D.H.H. Hoffmann, M. Kuster, D. Weber, K. Zioutas

PH-01

PHELIX Progress Report 2006

20

• K. Witte, V. Bagnoud, A. Blazevic, S. Borneis, C. Bruske, J. Caird, S. Calderon, U. Eisenbarth, J. Fils, R. Fuchs, S. Götte, T. Hahn, H.-M. Heuck, C. Hildebrandt, D.H.H. Hoffmann, D. Javorkova, G. Klappich, J. Kluge, F. Knobloch, T. Kühl, M. Kugler, S. Kunzer, M. Kreutz, B. LeGarrec, R. Lotz, T. Merz-Mantwill, E. Onkels, S. Radau, D. Reemts, R.M. Richard, M. Roth, A. Roussel, R. Stenner, A. Tauschwitz, R. Thiel, U. Thiemer, D. Ursescu, U. Wittrock, B. Zielbauer

PH-02

Wave front measurements of the PHELIX Beam

23

• H.-M. Heuck, J. Fils, P. Welp, V. Bagnoud, U. Eisenbarth, S. Götte, A. Tauschwitz, M. Hagemann, E. Onkels, S. Borneis, K. Witte, U. Wittrock

PH-03

Towards multi-100 eV X-ray lasers generated by high-energy transient collisional pumping at the PHELIX facility

24

• D. Ros, C. Bischoff, J. Dunn, S. Kazamias, A. Klisnick, T. Kühl, A. Mayr, G. Pert, D. Ursescu, B. Zielbauer, D. Zimmer

PH-04

Chromatic aberration at PHELIX

25

• H.-M. Heuck, P. Neumayer, M. Hagemann, K. Witte, T. Kühl, U. Wittrock

PH-05

Propagation and absorption of the pumping laser pulses in a GRIP XRL plasma

26

• D. Ursescu, T. Kühl, B. Zielbauer, D. Zimmer, G. Pert

PH-06

A Non-Normal Incidence Pumped Ni-Like XRL for Spectroscopy of Li-like Heavy Ions at GSI/FAIR

27

• B. Zielbauer, D. Ursescu, C. Bischoff, D. Zimmer, T. Kühl, V. Bagnoud, D. Javorkova, O. Rosmej, K. Cassou, S. Kazamias, A. Klisnick, D. Ros, K. Janulewicz, P. Nickles, G. Pert, P. Neumayer, J. Dunn

PH-07

A Single-Shot Autocorrelator with 60-dB Dynamic Range

28

• D. Javorkova, V. Bagnoud

PH-08

A 10 Hz, 3 microjoule transient soft X-ray laser pumped in grazing incidence

29

• S. Kazamias, K. Cassou, D. Ros, F. Plé, G. Jamelot, A. Klisnick, O. Lundh, F. Lindau, A. Persson, C.G. Wahlström, S. de Rossi, D. Joyeux, B. Zielbauer, D. Ursescu, T. Kühl

PH-09

ILIAS - Ion and Laser beam Interaction and Application Studies

30

• P. Mulser, T. Schlegel

PH-10

Vacuum heating vs skin layer absorption of intense fs laser pulses

31

• D. Bauer, P. Mulser

PH-11

Collisionless High-Power Laser Beam Absorption: A NO-GO Theorem

32

• P. Mulser, H. Ruhl

PH-12

Relativistic increase of critical electron density

33

• M. Lontano, P. Mulser, T. Schlegel

PH-13

Collective Relativistic Phenomena with Femtosecond Laser Pulses

34

• A.A. Baldin

PH-14

Homogeneous plasma heating by laser-generated hohlraum radiation

35

• T. Schlegel, E. Baldina

PH-15

Fast ignition scheme: Limiting Alfven current in the dense plasma region

36

• A. Antonicci, D. Batani, P. Mulser

AC-01

Transverse BIF Profile Monitor - System Development for FAIR

37

• F. Becker, C. Andre, P. Forck, D.H.H. Hoffmann

AC-02

Status of Magnetostatic Ring Studies

38

• M. Droba, N. Joshi, O. Meusel, U. Ratzinger

AC-03

Beam Transport in Toroidal Magnetic Field

39

• N. Joshi, M. Droba, O. Meusel, P. Nonn, U. Ratzinger

AC-04

Intense Proton Beam Transport for FRANZ

40

• L.P. Chau, C. Wiesner, M. Droba, O. Meusel, U. Ratzinger

AC-05

Plasma Diagnostics on a Confined Nonneutral Plasma Column

41

• K. Schulte, M. Droba, O. Meusel, U. Ratzinger

TT-01

Design of a Target for Antiproton Production at the Future FAIR Facility

42

• N.A. Tahir, B. Franzke, A. Shutov, I.V. Lomonosov, R. Schmidt, Y. Kadi

TT-02

Three-dimensional Numerical Simulations of the LAPLAS Target Including Elastic-Plastic Effects

45

• A. Matveichev, N.A. Tahir, V. Kim, A. Ostrik, I.V. Lomonosov, A.R. Piriz, D.H.H. Hoffmann

TT-03

Simulations of High-Energy-Density Physics Experiments at HHT Using SIS18 Uranium Beam

47

• N.A. Tahir, A. Shutov, I.V. Lomonosov, A.R. Piriz, D.H.H. Hoffmann, C. Deutsch

TT-04

Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulations of a Windowless Liquid Jet Lithium Target for the Super-FRS Fast Extraction Scheme

49

• N.A. Tahir, V. Kim, I.V. Lomonosov, D.H.H. Hoffmann

TT-05

Study of Ion Beam Induced Thermal Stress in Solid Graphite Target for Super-FRS Fast Extraction Scheme

50

• N.A. Tahir, V. Sultanov, A. Matveichev, I.V. Lomonosov, A.R. Piriz, J.J. Lopez Cela, D.H.H. Hoffmann

TT-06

Modeling of brightness temperature under intense heavy ion beam loading of target

51

• D. Grigoriev, A. Shutov, V. Kim, I.V. Lomonosov, N. Shilkin, V. Sultanov, A. Ostrik, N.A. Tahir, S. Udrea, D. Varentsov, D.H.H. Hoffmann

TT-07

Ritchmyer - Meshkov instability in elastic solids

53

• A.R. Piriz, J.J. Lopez Cela, N.A. Tahir, D.H.H. Hoffmann

TT-08

Wave Packet Simulation of Warm Dense Hydrogen

54

• B. Jakob, P.-G. Reinhard, C. Toepffer, G. Zwicknagel

TT-09

Stark Broadening of Neutral Helium 5016 AA, Line

55

• B. Omar, G. Röpke

TT-10

Equation of State and Hugoniot Curve in Warm Dense Hydrogen

56

• B. Holst, R. Redmer

TT-11

Interior models of Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune

57

• N. Nettelmann, M. French, B. Holst, R. Redmer

TT-12

MD simulations of laser excited clusters

58

• T. Raitza, H. Reinholz, G. Röpke

TT-13

Quantum molecular dynamics simulations for compressed fluid helium

59

• A. Kietzmann, R. Redmer

TT-14

Influence of Recombination on the Free-Electron Avalanche in Laser-Irradiated Dielectrics

60

• B. Rethfeld

TT-15

A Self-Consistent Model of Dielectric Breakdown under Short-Pulse Laser-Irradiation

61

• B. Rethfeld, H. Krutsch, D.H.H. Hoffmann

TT-16

Shift of K-lines in Laser Produced Dense Plasmas

62

• A. Sengebusch, H. Reinholz, G. Röpke, S.H. Glenzer

TT-17

Ionization dynamics in nm-sized clusters interacting with intense laser fields

63

• Th. Bornath, P. Hilse, M. Schlanges

TT-18

Numerical Study of Laser Radiation Absorption by Thin Carbon Foil in the Experiments on the nhelix Laser Facility (GSI)

64

• V.V. Vatulin, O.A. Vinokurov

TT-19

Diagnostics of Laser Plasmas by THz-Spectroscopy

66

• T. Kampfrath, L. Perfetti, P. Tegeder, Chr. Frischkorn, M. Wolf, D.O. Gericke

TT-20

Structure of Strongly Coupled Electron-Ion Systems

67

• K. Wünsch, M. Schlanges, D.O. Gericke

TT-21

Microfield distribution in a TCP at a neutral point

68

• H.B. Nersisyan, C. Toepffer, G. Zwicknagel

PNP-01

Dependence of the depth of the Earths plasma depletion layer on the interplanetary magnetic field direction and the Alfvenic Mach number of the solar wind

69

• C.-V. Meister, V. Lebedeva, B.P. Besser

PNP-02

Nonlinear current system in the Martian ionosphere?

70

• C.-V. Meister

PNP-03

Recent problems in plasma astrophysics. The heliosphere

71

• C.-V. Meister

PNP-04

Investigation of porous matter under intense energy fluxes

72

• V. Efremov, B. Demidov, A. Mescheryakov

PNP-05

Reflectivity and exact asymptotic forms of the dielectric function of non-ideal plasmas

73

• D. Ballester, A.M. Fuentes, I.M. Tkachenko

PNP-06

Calculation of the Dynamic Structure Factor of Model Coulomb Systems using the Method of Moments and Effective Potentials

74

• Yu.V. Arkhipov, A. Askaruly, A.E. Davletov, G.M. Meirkanova, I.M. Tkachenko

PNP-07

Statistical modeling of the solar plasma expansion

75

• N.R. Minkova

PNP-08

3D Lagrangian Hydrodynamic Simulations

76

• R. Ramis

PNP-09

Heavy Ion Beam in Resolution of the Critical Point Problem for Uranium and Uranium Dioxide

77

• I. Iosilevskiy

AX-01

Participating Institutes                                                                  

78

• K. Weyrich

AX-02

Publications

80

• K. Weyrich

AX-03

Conference Contributions

88

• K. Weyrich

AX-04

Diploma- and PhD-Theses

93

• K. Weyrich