U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar: Physics of High Power Laser Matter Interactions/March 1992/Osaka, Japan

该奖项为六名美国科学家参加美日联合研讨会“高功率激光物质相互作用物理学”提供了支持。讨论会将于1992年3月9日至13日在日本大阪举行。协办单位是美国伊利诺伊大学核工程系George Miley教授和日本大阪大学激光工程研究所Sadao Nakai教授。研讨会将讨论的具体主题包括(1)激光等离子体相互作用；(2)辐射、原子过程和能量输运；(3)高密度等离子体在聚变、加速器、x射线激光器和工业过程中的物理和应用。这将是自1972年以来第五次讨论这个问题，上一次是在1988年举行。自那时以来，该领域出现了一些迅速的发展，因此，现在是举行另一次讨论会的时候了。研讨会将集中讨论激光与从固体到等离子体等各种介质相互作用的物理学。使用强大的激光，可以产生独特的高密度等离子体。许多基础研究正在进行，旨在了解这些激光等离子体相互作用所涉及的过程，并开发激光产生的等离子体的应用。美国和日本拥有世界上最先进的两个激光实验室设施，两国的研究人员在该领域做出了许多非常重要的贡献。该研讨会将使两国几个研究小组的代表能够会面并交流信息，这将导致更广泛的研究合作。

This award provides support for the participation of six US scientists in a joint US-Japan seminar on the "Physics of High Power Laser Matter Interactions". The seminar will be held on March 9-13, 1992 in Osaka, Japan. The co-organizers are Professor George Miley, Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois and Professor Sadao Nakai, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Japan. Specific topics to be discussed at the seminar include (1) laser plasma interactions; (2) radiation and atomic processes and energy transport; and (3) physics and applications of high density plasmas to fusion, accelerator, x-ray lasers and industrial processes. This will be the fifth seminar on this topic dating back to 1972, the last being held in 1988. Since then there have been a number of rapid developments in the field and it is therefore timely to hold another seminar. The seminar will concentrate upon the physics of laser interaction with various media ranging from solids to plasmas. Using powerful lasers, unique high-density plasmas can be generated. Much fundamental research is being undertaken aimed at understanding the processes involved in these laser-plasma interactions and at developing applications for laser produced plasmas. The United States and Japan have two of the most advanced laser laboratory facilities in the world and researchers from both countries have made a number of very important contributions to the field. The seminar will permit representatives from several research groups in the two countries to meet and exchange information which should lead to more extensive research collaboration.