Dr John Pasley
Contact details
Mail: | Department of Physics University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD U.K. |
Tel: | +44 (0)1904 432276 (York) +44 (0)1235 778290 (RAL) |
Fax: | +44 (0)1904 432214 |
E-mail: | jp557@york.ac.uk |
Room: | P/A017 |
Currently based at Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, until 31.9.08.
Recent Publications
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)

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