February 9, 2000
Ben Gurion University of the Negev,
Beer Sheva
How to arrive to the university: 1. Bus no 370 from the central bus station in Tel-Aviv: about every 10-15 minutes. This bus arrives to Beer-Sheva central bus station. From there it is possible to take either a taxi (about 13 shekels and few minutes) or bus no. 5 that will take about twenty minutes to arrive to the university. 2. Bus no. 380 from the Arlozorov train station: every half hour (6:00, 6:30, 7:00, etc.). That bus has a stop just across the street from the university. 3. By train -- details will be sent later 4. By car. Parking arrangements will be announced later. Location: Auditorium no. 05. There will be signs directing the participants to the auditorium. Conference Registration fees: Free for Israel Plasma Science and Technology Association (IPSTA) members. IPSTA membership dues are NIS 120 (NIS 60 for students), and dues/membership registration can be arranged at the door. Membership dues in IPSTA include membership in the Israel Vacuum Society (IVS). [IVS members who have paid their 2000 dues will be credited with their IVS dues when joining IPSTA] Non-members -120 Shekels The conference registration includes a book of abstract, coffee and cakes during the conference, vegetarian lunch, and farewell cocktail.
I. Registration and Opening | ||
---|---|---|
08:30-08:45 | Registration | |
08:45-09:00 | Reuven Boxman Opening Remarks | |
II. Basic Plasma Physics | Morning Session | Chair: Yakov Krasik |
09:00-09:40 | H. R. Griem Stark Broadening of Spectral Lines in High Density Plasmas - an Overview. | |
09:40-10:00 | I. Rutkevich, M. Mond, Y. Kaufman, P. Choi, and M. Favre Ionization Wave Propagation in an Electron beam-Assisted Capillary Discharge. | |
10:00-10:20 | L. Friedland, J. Fajans, and E. Gilons Subharmonic Autoresonance of the Diocotron Mode in Pure-Electron Plasmas | |
Refreshments and Posters | 10:20-10:50 | |
III. Radiation Sources | Morning Session | Chair: Lazar Friedland |
10:50-11:30 | Avi Gover Development of Free Electron Laser Technology for Applications by Radiation-Users. | |
11:30-11:50 | M. Shuker Titanium Plasma Source for Short Wavelength Lasers. | |
12:50-12:10 | Y. Lurie and Y. Pinhasi Model and Simulation of Wide-Band Interaction on Electron Beam Devices and Free-Electron Lasers. | |
Lunch and Posters | 12:10-13:30 | Lunch will be available on site |
IV. Plasma Applications and Industrial Processes | Afternoon Session | Chair: Oren Sadot |
14:00-14:40 | J. Ashkenazi Plasma Interactions in Electrically Propelled Spacecrafts. | |
14:40-15:00 | G. Markinich and A. Fruchtman Development of Helicon Plasma Source at HAIT | |
15:00-15:20 | I. Beilis, R. Boxman, and S. Goldsmith The Hot Refractory Anode Vacuum Arc and Application for Metallic Film Deposition. | |
15:20-15:40 | A. Dunaevsky, Ya. Krasik, J. Felsteiner, A. Krokhmal, and S. Dorfman Ferroelectric Plasma Sources and Their Applications | |
15:40-16:00 | K. Tsigutkin, R. Arad, Yu. V. Ralchenko, A. Weingarten, D. Osin, and Y. Maron Study of the Magnetic Field Transport Through Plasma. | |
Refreshments and Posters | 16:00-16:30 | |
V. Fusion and Astrophysics | Afternoon Session | Chair: Igor Rutkevich |
16:30-17:10 | Shalom Eliezer The Interaction of Plasmas with High Intensity Lasers of Short Pulses (fs) and Long Pulses (ns). | |
17:10-17:30 | D. Kartoon, D. Oron, L. Arazi, A. Rikanati, U. Alon, and D. Shvarts Dimensionality Dependence of Late Time Evolution of Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov Instabilities | |
17:30-17:50 | M. Gedalin Collisionless Shocks - Theory and Reality. |
E. Gidalevich, S. Goldsmith, and R. Boxman | An Upper Limit for the Electric Current for Shock-Free Plasma Flow in a Vacuum Arc. |
M. Arbel, A. Eichenbaum, H. Kleinman, I. Yakover, A. Abramovich, Y. Pinhasi, M. Tecimer, and A. Gover | Stimulated Super-Radiance in Prebunched Free Electron Maser. |
S. Efimov, A. Abramovich, M. Canter, A. Eichenbaum, A. Gover, J. Sokolowsky, Y. Pinhasi, M. Tecimer, and A. Yahalom | Multi-Stage Collector for an Energy Retrieval System in the Israeli FEL. |
A. Faingersh, Y. Yakover, and A. Gover | Characterization of Quasi-Optical mm-Wave Resonator. |
R. Doron, E. Behar, M. Fraenkel, P. Mandelbaum, J. Schwab, A. Zigler, A. Faenov, and T. Pikuz | The X-ray spectrum Emitted from a Cerium Plasma Produced by a Short Laser Pulse. |
P. Mandelbaum, M. Haddad, R. Doron, and J. Schwob | An Atomic Data Base for the Analysis of Stellar Atmosphere Spectra in the XUV range. |
Y. Yankelevich, A. Pokryvailo, and A. Bornstein | Abatement of SO2 by High-Power Short Pulsed Corona Discharge. |
J. Schnitmann and R. Craxton | Three-Dimensional modeling of Capsule Implosions in OMEGA Tetrahedral Hohlraums. |
K. Komoshvili, S. Cuperman, and C. Bruma | Plasma Turbulence Suppression and Transport Barriers Formation by Externally Driven RF Waves in Spherical Tokamaks. |
O. Amir, D. Bannit, M. Ben-Shlomo, P. Blau, M. Dorfan, Y. Levi, and I. Melnik | Non-Contact Electrical Testing of Printed Circuit Boards Based on Plasma Sensors. |
O. Sadot, A. Yosef-Hai, A. Rikanati, D. Katoon, D. Oron, L. Arazi, L. Levin, E. Sarid, G. Ben-Dor, and D. Shvarts | Experimental Studies of the Dependence of the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability on the Atwood number and Dimensionality. |
Y. Srebro, D. Oron, D. Shvarts,T. R. Boehly, V. N. Goncharov, O. Gotchev, V. A. Smalyuk, S. Skupsky, and D. D. Meyerhofer. | Hydrodynamic Simulations of Static and Dynamic Laser Imprint In Direct Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion |