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    Laboratory measurements of resistivity in warm dense plasmas relevant to the microphysics of brown dwarfs 

    Booth, N.; Robinson, A. P. L.; Hakel, P.; Clarke, R. J.; Dance, R. J.; Doria, D.; Gizzi, L. A.; Gregori, G.; Koester, P.; Labate, L.; Levato, T.; Li, B.; Makita, M.; Mancini, Roberto C.; Pasley, J.; Rajeev, P. P.; Riley, D.; Wagenaars, E.; Waugh, J. N.; Woolsey, N. C. (2015)
    Since the observation of the first brown dwarf in 1995, numerous studies have led to a better understanding of the structures of these objects. Here we present a method for studying material resistivity in warm dense plasmas ...

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    Potential for a large earthquake near Los Angeles inferred from the 2014 La Habra earthquake 

    Donnellan, Andrea; Ludwig, Lisa G.; Parker, Jay W.; Rundle, John B.; Wang, Jun; Pierce, Marlon; Blewitt, Geoffrey; Hensley, Scott (2015)
    Tectonic motion across the Los Angeles region is distributed across an intricate network of strike-slip and thrust faults that will be released in destructive earthquakes similar to or larger than the 1933M6.4 Long Beach ...

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    Distribution of rainfall intensity during the summer monsoon season over Kathmandu, Nepal 

    Pokharel, Ashok K.; Hallett, John (2015)
    Over last 42 years, most of the rainfall during the summer monsoon season in theKathmandu Valley has ranged in intensity between 0.13 and 0.37mmh−1, based on the 24h accumulation measurement. We infer that this range ...

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    Development of 4.5 keV monochromatic X-ray radiography using the high-energy, picosecond LFEX laser 

    Sawada, H.; Fujioka, Shinsuke; Hosoda, T.; Zhang, Z.; Arikawa, Yasunobu; Nagatomo, Hideo; Nishimura, Hiroaki; Sunahara, A.; Theobald, W.; Patel, P. K.; Beg, F. N. (2016)
    Development of a monochromatic x-ray imaging system using a high-energy short-pulse laser LFEX and a spherical crystal is reported. Irradiation of the intense short-pulse laser produces a flash of 4.51 keV Ti K-alpha x-ray ...

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    Progress Towards a Laser Produced Relativistic Electron-Positron Pair Plasma 

    Chen, Hui; Bonlie, J.; Cauble, R.; Fiuza, F.; Goldstein, W.; Hazi, A.; Keane, C.; Link, A.; Marley, E.; Nagel, S. R.; Park, J.; Shepherd, R.; Williams, G. J.; Meyerhofer, D. D.; Fiksel, G.; Barnak, D.; Chang, P. Y.; Nakai, Mitsuo; Arikawa, Yasunobu; Azechi, Hiroshi; Fujioka, Shinsuke; Kojima, Sadaoki; Miyanaga, Noriaki; Morita, T.; Nagai, Takahiro; Nishimura, Hiroaki; Ozaki, T.; Sakawa, Y.; Takabe, H.; Zhang, Z.; Kerr, S.; Fedosejevs, R.; Sentoku, Y.; Hill, M. P.; Hoarty, D. J.; Hobbs, L. M. R.; James, S. F. (2016)
    A set of experiments has been performed exploring unique characteristics of pair jets and plasmas at several energetic short-pulse laser facilities including Titan at Livermore and OMEGA EP in Rochester, as well as the ...

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    Proton imaging of an electrostatic field structure formed in laser-produced counter-streaming plasmas 

    Morita, T.; Kugland, N. L.; Wan, W.; Crowston, R.; Drake, R. P.; Fiuza, F.; Gregori, G.; Huntington, C.; Ishikawa, T.; Koenig, M.; Kuranz, C.; Levy, M. C.; Martinez, David A.; Meinecke, J.; Miniati, F.; Murphy, C. D.; Pelka, A.; Plechaty, C.; Presura, R.; Quiros-Aguilar, Nancy P.; Remington, B. A.; Reville, B.; Ross, J. S.; Ryutov, D. D.; Sakawa, Y.; Steele, L.; Takabe, H.; Yamaura, Y.; Woolsey, N.; Park, H.-S. (2016)
    We report the measurements of electrostatic field structures associated with an electrostatic shock formed in laser-produced counter-streaming plasmas with proton imaging. The thickness of the electrostatic structure is ...

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    Results from the 2014 November 15th Multi-Chord Stellar Occultation by the Tno (229762) 2007 Uk126 

    Benedetti-Rossi, G.; Sicardy, B.; Buie, M. W.; Ortiz, J. L.; Vieira-Martins, R.; Keller, Jennifer M.; Braga-Ribas, F.; Camargo, J. I. B.; Assafin, M.; Morales, N.; Duffard, R.; Dias-Oliveira, A.; Santos-Sanz, P.; Desmars, J.; Gomes-Junior, A. R.; Leiva, R.; Bardecker, J.; Bean, J. K.; Olsen, A. M.; Ruby, D. W.; Sumner, R.; Thirouin, A.; Gomez-Munoz, M. A.; Gutierrez, L.; Wasserman, L.; Charbonneau, D.; Irwin, J.; Levine, S.; Skiff, B. (2016)
    We present results derived from the first multi-chord stellar occultation by the trans-Neptunian object (229762) 2007 UK126, observed on 2014 November 15. The event was observed by the Research and Education Collaborative ...

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    Upgrade of repetitive fast-heating fusion driver HAMA to implode a shell target by using diode pumped solid state laser 

    Mori, Yoshitaka; Sekine, Takashi; Komeda, Osamu; Nishimura, Yasuhiko; Sunahara, Atsushi; Miura, Eisuke; Nakayama, Suisei; Hanayama, Ryohei; Ishii, Katsuhiro; Sato, Nakahiro; Kurita, Takashi; Kawashima, Toshiyuki; Kan, Hirofumi; Nakamura, Naoki; Kondo, Takuya; Fujine, Manabu; Azuma, Hirozumi; Hioki, Tatsumi; Kakeno, Mitsutaka; Kajino, Tsutomu; Motohiro, Tomoyoshi; Sentoku, Yasuhiko; Kitagawa, Yoneyoshi (2016)
    The HAMA is 1-Hz fast heating fusion driver pumped by a 10 J second-harmonic of diode-pumped Nd:glass laser: KURE-1. We have upgraded HAMA to realize an implosion of spherical shell target by using a remaining fundamental ...

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    Ionization potentials of superheavy elements No, Lr, and Rf and their ions 

    Dzuba, V. A.; Safronova, M. S.; Safronova, U. I.; Kramida, A. (2016)
    We predict ionization potentials of superheavy elements No, Lr, and Rf and their ions using a relativistic hybrid method that combines configuration interaction (CI) with the linearized coupled-cluster approach. Extensive ...

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    Coherence Preservation of a Single Neutral Atom Qubit Transferred between Magic-Intensity Optical Traps 

    Yang, Jiaheng; He, Xiaodong; Guo, Ruijun; Xu, Peng; Wang, Kunpeng; Sheng, Cheng; Liu, Min; Wang, Jin; Derevianko, Andrei; Zhan, Mingsheng (2016)
    We demonstrate that the coherence of a single mobile atomic qubit can be well preserved during a transfer process among different optical dipole traps (ODTs). This is a prerequisite step in realizing a large-scale neutral ...

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    Collocated comparisons of continuous and filter-based PM2.5 measurements at Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada 

    Hsu, Yu-Mei; Wang, Xiaoliang; Chow, Judith C.; Watson, John G.; Percy, Kevin E. (2016)
    Collocated comparisons for three PM2.5 monitors were conducted from June 2011 to May 2013 at an air monitoring station in the residential area of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, a city located in the Athabasca Oil Sands ...

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    Determination of plasma pinch time and effective current radius of double planar wire array implosions from current measurements on a 1-MA linear transformer driver 

    Steiner, Adam M.; Yager-Elorriaga, David A.; Patel, Sonal G.; Jordan, Nicholas M.; Gilgenbach, Ronald M.; Safronova, Alla S.; Kantsyrev, Victor L.; Shlyaptseva, Veronica V.; Shrestha, Ishor; Schmidt-Petersen, Maximillian T. (2016)
    Implosions of planar wire arrays were performed on the Michigan Accelerator for Inductive Z-pinch Experiments, a linear transformer driver (LTD) at the University of Michigan. These experiments were characterized by lower ...

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    Magneto-Inertial Fusion 

    Wurden, G. A.; Hsu, S. C.; Intrator, T. P.; Grabowski, T. C.; Degnan, J. H.; Domonkos, M.; Turchi, P. J.; Campbell, E. M.; Sinars, D. B.; Herrmann, M. C.; Betti, R.; Bauer, B. S.; Lindemuth, I. R.; Siemon, R. E.; Miller, R. L.; Laberge, M.; Delage, M. (2016)
    In this community white paper, we describe an approach to achieving fusion which employs a hybrid of elements from the traditional magnetic and inertial fusion concepts, called magneto-inertial fusion (MIF). The status of ...

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    Atomic properties of Lu+ 

    Paez, Eduardo; Arnold, K. J.; Hajiyev, Elnur; Porsev, S. G.; Dzuba, V. A.; Safronova, U. I.; Safronova, M. S.; Barrett, M. D. (2016)
    Singly ionized lutetium has recently been suggested as a potential clock candidate. Here we report a joint experimental and theoretical investigation of Lu+. Measurements relevant to practical clock operation are made and ...

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    Evaluation of Near Real-Time Preliminary Tornado Damage Paths 

    Karstens, Christopher D.; Shourd, Kacie N.; Speheger, Doug; Anderson, Aaron; Smith, Richard; Andra, David; Smith, Travis M.; Lakshmanan, Valliappa; Erickson, Somer A. (2016)
    The ability to preliminarily diagnose areas damaged by a tornado is examined using both a manual and an automated approach. The manual method consists of using Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler base data to track ...

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    Preface: Radiation from high energy density plasmas 

    Giuliani, John L.; Safronova, Alla S. (2016)

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    Comment on "In-depth Plasma-Wave Heating of Dense Plasma Irradiated by Short Laser Pulses" 

    Kemp, A. J.; Sentoku, Y. (2016)

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    Hyperfine-induced quadrupole moments of alkali-metal-atom ground states and their implications for atomic clocks 

    Derevianko, Andrei (2016)
    Spherically symmetric ground states of alkali-metal atoms do not posses electric quadrupole moments. However, the hyperfine interaction between nuclear moments and atomic electrons distorts the spherical symmetry of ...

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    Developing and bounding ice particle mass- and area-dimension expressions for use in atmospheric models and remote sensing 

    Erfani, Ehsan; Mitchell, David L. (2016)
    Ice particle mass- and projected area-dimension (m-D and A-D) power laws are commonly used in the treatment of ice cloud microphysical and optical properties and the remote sensing of ice cloud properties. Although there ...

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    Decoupling Nonclassical Nonlinear Behavior of Elastic Wave Types 

    Remillieux, Marcel C.; Guyer, Robert A.; Payan, Cedric; Ulrich, T. J. (2016)
    In this Letter, the tensorial nature of the nonequilibrium dynamics in nonlinear mesoscopic elastic materials is evidenced via multimode resonance experiments. In these experiments the dynamic response, including the spatial ...