Profile

Career

Summary of expertise

• Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF)
• Fast Ignition
• Radiation Hydrodynamics
• Hohlraum Modeling
• Shock Waves and Implosion Hydrodynamics
• Physics of Ignition and Thermonuclear Burn

Research

Overview

Research Group: Plasma Physics and Fusion Group

Publications

Full publications list

2011

L. Volpe, D. Batani, B. Vauzour, Ph. Nicolai, J. J. Santos, C. Regan, A. Morace, F. Dorchies, C. Fourment, S. Hulin, F. Perez, S. Baton, K. Lancaster, M. Galimberti, R. Heathcote, M. Tolley, Ch. Spindloe, P. Koester, L. Labate, L. A. Gizzi, C. Benedetti, A. Sgattoni, M. Richetta, J. Pasley, F. Beg, S. Chawla, D. P. Higginson, and A. G. MacPhee
Proton radiography of laser-driven imploding target in cylindrical geometry
Phys. Plasmas, 18, 012704 (2011)

Mayuko Koga, Y. Arikawa, H. Azechi, Y. Fujimoto, S. Fujioka, H. Habara, Y. Hironaka, H. Homma, H. Hosada, T. Jitsuno, T. Johzaki, J. Kawanaka, R. Kodama, K. Mima, N. Miyanaga, M. murakami, H. Nagatomo, M. Nakai, Y. Nakata, H. Nakamura, H. Nishimura, T. Norimatsu, Y. Sakawa, N. Sarukura, K. Sigemori, H. Shiraga, T. Shimizu, H. Takabe, M. Tanabe, K. A. Tanaka, T. Tanimoto, T. Tsubakimoto, T. Watari, A. Sunahara, M. Isobe, A. Iwamoto, T. Mito, O. Motojima, T. Ozaki, H. Sakagami, T. Taguchi, Y. Nakao, H. Cai, M. Key, P. Norreys, and J. Pasley
Present states and future prospect of fast ignition realization experiment (FIREX) with Gekko and LFEX Lasers at ILE
Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2011.01.101, (2011)

L. Volpe, R. Jafer, B. Vauzour, Ph. Nicolai, J. J. Santos, F. Dorchies, C. Fourment, S. Hulin, C. Regan, F. Perez, S. Baton, K. Lancaster, M. Galimberti, R. Heathcote, M. Tolley, Ch. Spindloe, W. Nazarov, P. Koester, L. Labate, L. A. Gizzi, C. Benedetti, A. Sgattoni, M. Richetta, J. Pasley, F. N. Beg, S. Chawla, D. P. Higginson, A. G. MacPhee and D. Batani
Proton radiography of cylindrical laser-driven implosions
Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 53, 032003 (2011)

N. Booth, R. J. Clarke, D. Doria, L. A. Gizzi, G. Gregori, P. Hakel, P. Koester, L. Labate, T. Levato, B. Li, M. Makita, R. C. Mancini, J. Pasley, P. P. Rajeev, D. Riley, A. P. L. Robinson, E. Wagenaars, J. N. Waugh and N. C. Woolsey
Measuring fast electron distribution functions at intensities up to 1021Wcm-2
Nucl. Instr. and Meth , doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.12.199  (2011)

2010

R. Jafer, L. Volpe, D. Batani, M. Koenig, S. Baton, E. Brambrink, F. Perez, F. Dorchies, J. J. Santos, C. Fourment, S. Hulin, P. Nicolai, B. Vazour, K. Lancaster, M. Galimberti, R. Heathcote, M. Tolley, Ch. Spindloe, P. Koester, L. Labate, L. Gizzi, C. Benedetti, A. Sgattoni, M. Richetta, J. Pasley, F. Beg, S. Chawla, D. Higginson, A. Mackinnon, A. McPhee, Duck-Hee Kwon and Yongjoo Rhee
Proton Radiography and Fast Electron Propagation Through Cylinderically Compressed Targets
Journal of the Korean Physical Society, 57, 2, 305-310, (2010)

J. Pasley
Ignition studies in support of the European High Power Laser Energy Research Faclity project
PRAMANA- Journal of Physics, 75, 5, pp759-767, (2010)

I. A. Bush, R. Kingham, A. P. L. Robinson and J. Pasley
Cavitation and shock wave formation in dense plasmas
Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 52, 125007, (2010)

S. Mondal, A. D. Lad, S. Ahmed, V. Narayanan, J. Pasley, P. P. Rajeev, A. P. L. Robinson, G. Ravindra Kumar
Doppler Spectroscopy for Ultrafast Temporal Mapping of Density Dynamics in Laser-Induced Plasmas
Phys. Rev. Lett., 105, 105002 (2010)

2009

N. L. Kugland, G. Gregori, S. Bandyopadhyay, C. M. Brenner, C. R. D. Brown, C. Constantin, S. H. Glenzer, F. Y. Khattak, A. L. Kritcher, C. Niemann, A. Otten, J. Pasley, A. Pelka, M. Roth, C. Spindloe, and D. Riley
Evolution of elastic x-ray scattering in laser-shocked warm dense lithium
Phys. Rev. E 80, 066406 (2009)

F. Perez, M. Koenig, D. Batani, S. D. Baton, F. N. Beg, C. Benedetti, E. Brambrink, S. Chawla, F. Dorchies, C. Fourment, M. Galimberti, L. A. Gizzi, R. Heathcote, D. P. Higginson, S. Hulin, R. Jafer, P. Koester, L. Labate, K. Lancaster, A. J. MacKinnon, A. G. McPhee, W. Nazarov, P. Nicolai, J. Pasley, A. Ravasio, M. Richetta, J. J. Santos, A. Sgattoni, C. Spindloe, B. Vausour, and L. Volpe
Fast electron transport in cylindrically laser compressed matter
Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 51, 124035 (2009)

K. L. Lancaster, M. Sherlock, J. S. Green, C. D. Gregory, P. Hakel, K. U. Akli, F. N . Beg, S. N. Chen, R. R. Freeman, H. Habara, R. Heathcote, D. S. Hey, K. Highbarger, M. H. Key, R. Kodama, K. Krushelnick, H. Nakamura, M. Nakatsutsumi, J. Pasley, R. B. Stephens, M. Storm, M. Tampo, W. Theobald, L. Van Woerkom, R. L. Weber, M. S. Wei, N. C. Woolsey, T. Yabuuchi, and P. A. Norreys
Effect of re-entrant cone geometry on energy transport in intense laser-plasma interactions
Phys. Rev. E., 80, 045401(R) (2009)

R. B. Stephens, K. U. Akli, T. Bartal, F. N. Beg, S. Chawla, C. D. Chen, H. Chen, S. Chen, B. Chrisman, R. R. Freeman, D. Hey, M. Key, A. Kemp, J. King, K. Lancaster, S. LePape, A. Link, T. Ma, A. Mackinnon, A. Macphee, P. Norreys, Dustin Offerman, V. Ovchinnikov, J. Pasley, P. Patel, D. Schumacher, Y. Sentoku, Y. Tsui, S. Wilks, L. VanWoerkom, M-S. Wei, and T. Yabuuchi
Energy Injection for Fast Ignition
Plasma and Fusion Research, 4, 016 (2009)

K. L. Lancaster, J. Pasley, J. S. Green, D. Batani, S. Baton, R. G. Evans, L. Gizzi, R. Heathcote, C. Hernandez Gomez, M. Koenig, P. Koester, A. Morace, I. Musgrave, P. A. Norreys, F. Perez, J. N. Waugh, and N. C. Woolsey
Temperature profiles derived from transverse optical shadowgraphy in ultraintense laser plasma interactions at 6 x10 20Wcm -2
Phys. Plasmas, 16, 056707 (2009)

2008

S. Le Pape, A. Macphee, D. Hey, P. Patel, A. Mackinnon, M. Key, J. Pasley, M. Wei, S. Chen, T. Ma, F. Beg, N. Alexander, R. Stephens, D. Offerman, A. Link, L. Van-Woerkom, and R. Freeman
Density measurement of shock compressed foam using two-dimensional x-ray radiography
Review of Scientific Instruments, 79, 106104 (2008)

J. Pasley, M. Wei, E. Shipton, S. Chen, T. Ma, F. N. Beg, N. Alexander, R. Stephens, A. G. MacPhee, D. Hey, S. Le Pape, P. Patel, A. Mackinnon, M. Key, D. Offermann, A. Link, E. Chowdhury, L. Van-Woerkom and R. R. Freeman
Nail-like targets for laser-plasma interaction experiments
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 36, 1128-1129 (2008)

M. S. Wei, A. A. Solodov, J. Pasley, R. B. Stephens, D. R. Welch and F. N. Beg
Study of relativistic electron beam production and transport in high intensity laser interaction with a wire target by integrated LSP modelling
Phys. Plasmas, 15, 083101 (2008)

K. U. Akli, S. B. Hansen, A. J. Kemp, R. R. Freeman, F. N. Beg, D. C. Clark, S. D. Chen, D. Hey, S. P. Hatchett, K. Highbarger, E. Giraldez, J. S. Green, G. Gregori, K. L. Lancaster, T. Ma, A. J. Mackinnon, P. Norreys, N. Patel, J. Pasley, C. Shearer, R. B. Stephens, C. Stoeckl, M. Sotrm, W. Theobald, L. D. Van Woerkon, R. Weber and M. H. Key
Laser Heating of Solid Matter by Light-Pressure-Driven Shocks at Ultrarelativisitc Intensities
Phy. Rev. Lett., 100, 165002 (2008)

2007

J. Pasley, M. Wei, E. Shipton, S. Chen, T. Ma, F. N. Beg, N. Alexander, R. Stephens, A. G. MacPhee, D. Hey, S. Le Pape, P. Patel, A. Mackinnon, M. Key, D. Offermann, A. Link, E. Chowdhury, L. Van-Woerkom and R. R. Freeman
Experimental observations of transport of picosecond laser generated electrons in a nail-like target
Phys. Plasmas, 14, 120701 (2007)

S. N. Chen, G. Gregori, P. K. Patel, H.-K. Chung, R. G. Evans, R. R. Freeman, E. Garcia Saiz, S. H. Glenzer, S. B. Hansen, F. Y. Khattak, J. A. King, A. J. Mackinnon, M. M. Notley, J. R. Pasley, D. Riley, R. B. Stephens, R. L. Weber, S. C. Wilks and F. N. Beg
Creation of hot dense matter in short-pulse laser-plasma interaction with tamped titanium foils
Phys. Plasmas, 14, 102701 (2007)

J. Pasley and R. Stephens
Simulations investigating the effect of a Deuterium-Tritium-ice coating on the motion of the gold cone surface in a re-entrant cone-guided fast ignition inertial confinement fusion capsule
Phys. Plasmas, 14, 054501 (2007)

2006

K. K. M. Lee, L. R. Benedetti, R. Jeanloz, P. M. Celliers, J. H. Eggert, D. G. Hicks, S. J. Moon, A. Mackinnon, L. B. Da Silva, D. K. Bradley, W. Unites, G. W. Collins, E. Henry, M. Koenig, A. Benuzzi-Mounaix, J. Pasley and D. Neely
Laser-driven shock experiments on precompressed water: Implications for “icy” giant planets
J. Chem. Phys. 125, 014701 (2006)

A. Link, E. A. Chowdhury, J. T. Morrison, V. M. Ovchinnikov, D. Offermann, L. Van Woerkom, R. Freeman, J. Pasley, E. Shipton, F. Beg, P. Rambo, J. Schwarz, M. Geissel, A. Edens, and J. L. Porter
Development of an in situ peak intensity measurement method for ultraintense single shot laser-plasma experiments at the Sandia Z petawatt facility
Rev. Sci. Inst. 77, 10E723 (2006)

M. H. Key, K. Akli, F. Beg, M. H. Chen, H.-K. Chung, R. R. Freeman, M. E. Foord, J. S. Green, P. Gu, G. Gregori, H. Habara, S. P. Hatchett, D. Hey, J. M. Hill, J. A. King, R. Kodama, J. A. Koch, K. Lancaster, B. F. Lasinski, B. Langdon, A. J. Mackinnon, C. D. Murphy, P. A. Norreys, N. Patel, P. Patel, J. Pasley, R. A. Snavely, R. B. Stephens, C. Stoeckl, M. Tabak, W. Theobald, K. Tanaka, R. Town, S. C. Wilks, T. Yabuuchi, and B. Zhang
Study of electron and proton isochoric heating for fast ignition
J. Phys IV France 133, 371-378 (2006)

R. R. Freeman, K. Akli, F. Beg, R. Betti, S. Chen, D. J. Clark, P. M. Gu, G. Gregori, S. P. Hatchett, D. Hey, K. Highbarger, J. M. Hill, N. Izumi, M. Key, J. A. King, J. A. Koch, B. Lasinski, B. Langdon, A. J. Mackinnon, D. Meyerhofer, N. Patel, P. Patel, J. Pasley, H. S. Park, C. Ren, R. A. Snavely, R. B. Stephens, C. Stoeckl, M. Tabak, R. Town, L. Van Woerkom, R. Weber, S. C. Wilks, and B. B. Zhang
Overview of recent progress in US fast ignition research
J. Phys. IV France 133, 95-100 (2006)

W. Theobald, K. Akli, R. Clarke, J. A. Delettrez, R. R. Freeman, S. Glenzer, J. Green, G. Gregori, R. Heathcote, N. Izumi, J. A. King, J. A. Koch, J. Kuba, K. Lancaster, A. J. MacKinnon, M. Key, C. Mileham, J. Myatt, D. Neely, P. A. Norreys, H.-S. Park, J. Pasley, P. Patel, S. P. Regan, H. Sawada, R. Shepherd, R. Snavely, R. B. Stephens, C. Stoeckl, M. Storm, B. Zhang, and T. C. Sangster
Hot surface ionic line emission and cold K-inner shell emission from petawatt- laser-irradiated Cu foil targets
Physics of Plasmas, 13, 043102 (2006)

J. Pasley, P. Nilson, L. Willingale, M.G. Haines, M. Notley, M. Tolley, D. Neely, and W. Nazarov
Streaked Extreme Ultra-Violet imaging of the motion of low-Z foam buffered Indirectly drive intermediate and high-Z payloads
Physics of Plasmas, 13 , 032702 (2006)

2005

P.K. Patel, M.H. Key, A. J. Mackinnon, R. Barry, M. Borghesi, D. M. Chambers, H. Chen, R. Clarke, C. Damian, R. Eagleton, R. Freeman, S. Glenzer, G. Gregori, R. Heathcote, D. Hey, N. Izumi, S. Kar, J. King, A. Nikroo, A. Niles, H-S. Park, J. Pasley, N. Patel, R. Shepherd, R. A. Snavely, D. Steinman, C. Stoeckl, M. Storm, W. Theobald, R. Town, R. Van Maren, S. C. Wilks, and B. Zhang
Integrated laser-target interaction experiments on the RAL petawatt laser
Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 47, B833-B840 (2005)

G. Gregori, S. B. Hansen, R. Clarke, R. Heathcote, M. H. Key, J. King , R. I. Klein, N. Izumi, A. J. Mackinnon, S. J. Moon, H.-S.Park, J.Pasley, N. Patel, P. K. Patel, B. A. Remington, D. D. Ryutov, R. Shepherd, R. A. Snavely, S. C. Wilks, B. B. Zhang, and S. H. Glenzer
Experimental Characterization of a Strongly Coupled Solid Density Plasma Generated in a Short-pulse Laser Target Interaction
Contrib. Plasma Phys., 45, 284-292 (2005)