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The 8thInternational West Lake Symposium – Laser Plasma Interactions (IWLS-LPI 2014) will be held at Hangzhou, China April 21-25, 2014. IWLS-LPI 2014 will be hosted by the Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation (IFTS), Zhejiang University. The mission of IFTS, established in 2006, is to carry out cutting-edge research in fusion, space, and other plasma physics.
Significant advances have recently been made in the high-intensity short-pulse laser technology. The availability of tera- and peta-watt lasers has opened up the relativistic laser-plasma interaction regime and led to many new concepts andpromising applications, including advanced charged particle accelerators, novel THz or above radiation sources, fast ignition in inertial confinement fusion, etc. The upcoming ten-petawatt lasers would certainly further enhance the interest in laser-plasma interactions. Numerical simulation of the extreme dynamics associated with the resulting ultrafast high energy density phenomena is also challenging. IWLS-LPI 2014 calls for current research results and discussions on these issues.
Topics
• Novel radiation sources
• Advanced particle accelerators
• Laser-driven nuclear fusion
• Radiation reaction effects
• Computational plasma physics
• Laser-plasma applications
