OMEGA Laser Facility Users Group

Background:

The OMEGA Laser Facility is a user facility featuring both high-energy and high-intensity lasers and capable of a wide variety of scientific experiments. It is located at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) of the University of Rochester. At present 25% of the facility use time is devoted to fundamental science experiments, with the remainder going to inertial confinement fusion research.

Membership:

Anyone who uses OMEGA, aspires to use OMEGA, or aspires to collaborate with a group or consortium that uses OMEGA. To join, email the OMEGA Laser Facility Users Group and request membership. There are no dues. Exclusions: employees of LLE significantly involved with the operation of or LLE scientific program at OMEGA are not eligible for membership.

List of Current Members (.pdf 70 KB)

Purpose:

To facilitate communication among the users of OMEGA, from the users as a group to the facility, and from the users to the broader scientific community. Organize annual workshop of facility use that is inclusive of all members of the OMEGA Laser Facility Users Group. A major focus will be to define common desires for improvements to the capabilities and operation of the facility.

Election of Initiating Executive Committee:

Thank you to all the OMEGA Laser Facility Users Group members who participated in the election of the Initiating Executive Committee and to the members who accepted nominations and allowed their names to be placed on the ballot. As a result of the election, the Initiating Executive Committee will be made up of the following members:

• Richard Petrasso, MIT, Committee Chair, petrasso@psfc.mit.edu
• Hector Baldis, UC Davis, habaldis@ucdavis.edu
• James Cobble, LANL, cobble@lanl.gov
• Paul Drake, U. Michigan, rpdrake@umich.edu
• James Knauer, LLE (designated), jkna@lle.rochester.edu
• Roberto Mancini, Univ. Nevada Reno, rcman@unr.edu
• Peter Norreys, RAL, p.norreys@rl.ac.uk
• Marilyn Schneider, LLNL, schneider5@llnl.gov

The Initiating Executive Committee will define all aspects of the Users Group bylaws, policies, and procedures. The committee will elect a chair, who must be from the academic and small business community.

Organization of this process:

At the request of LLE, Dr. Richard Petrasso of MIT and Professor Paul Drake of the University of Michigan developed the initial plan. Subsequently it was amended and approved at the OMEGA EP User Workshop

OMEGA Laser Facility User Group Workshop

Collaborative and OMEGA User Publications:

Download a list of collaborative and OMEGA user publications (.pdf 408 KB)