The conference was organised into a series of oral sessions and a poster session.
The list of sessions is available below:
| MECMATPLA 2024 Program |
| SUNDAY, February 4 |
| 17:30 Registration |
| MONDAY, February 5 |
| MHD and Astrophysics – Lectures (Chair R. Smets) |
| 8:50-9:00 Introduction (M. Koenig) |
| 9:00-10:30 Magnetohydrodynamics for ICF and HEDP (B. Appelbe) |
| 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:30 Origins and dynamics of astrophysical and cosmological magnetic fields: J. Durrive (IRAP) |
| 12:30-17:00 free |
| MHD and Astrophysics (Chair S. Lebedev) |
| 17:00-17:30 Investigating magnetic reconnection in Laser-produced plasmas (R. Smets LPP) |
| 17:30-18:00 Laboratory studies of magnetohydrodynamic shocks: Lee Suttle (Imperial College) |
| 18:00-18:30 Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in Magnetized Plasmas: T. Sano (ILE) |
| 18:30-19:00 Astrophysical processes mediated by magnetized turbulence in the laboratory: P. Tzeferacos (U. Rochester) |
| TUESDAY, February 6 |
| UHI Physics (Chair R. Bingham) |
| 9:00-10:30 An introduction to relativistic laser-plasma interactions: L. Gremillet (CEA) |
| 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break |
| PIC Simulations (Chair: S. Corde) |
| 11:00-12:30 Electromagnetic particle-in-cell simulations: F. Perez (LULI) |
| 12:30-17:00 free |
| UHI Physics (Chair F. Perez) |
| 17:00-17:30 Maser Radiation from Pair Beams: B. Bingham (RAL) |
| 17:30-18:00 Visualization of relativistic Coulomb field by electro-optic sampling M. Ota (NIFS) |
| 18:00-18:30 Can we create QED-critical magnetic fields in the laboratory ?: C. Ridgers (U. York) |
| 18:30-19:00 Leveraging ultrahigh fields and extreme beams for particle acceleration, light sources and strong-field QED: S. Corde (LOA) |
| WEDNEDAY, February 7 |
| Magnetic field generation (chair: M. Koenig) |
| 9:00-9:30 Using mini-coil and mini-bank in plasma experiments, and the possibility of 100 T plasma experiment: A. Ikeda (UEC) |
| 9:30-10:00 Laser-driven quasi-static B-fields for magnetized high energy-density experiments: J. Santos (CELIA) |
| 10:00-10:30 High energy density magnetized plasma experiments with pulsed power facilities: S Lebedev (IC) |
| 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break |
| B field Diagnostics (Chair: J. Santos) |
| 11:00-11:30: How do we observe the magnetic Universe?: C. Ferrari (OCA) |
| 11:30-12:00: Probing magnetic field inside HED plasmas generated by lasers or pulsed-power (C. Goyon LLNL) |
| 12:00-12:20: Magnetic field measurements in turbulent laser-produced plasmas with ion radiography using solid-state nuclear track detectors and informatics (Y. Kuramitsu Osaka U.) |
| 12:30-17:00 free |
| POSTER Session |
| 17:00-19:00 |
| THURSDAY, February 8 |
| PLANETOLOGY (Chair M. Millot) |
| 9:00-10:30 Planetology/ planetary interiorHigh-Pressure Physics in (Exo)Planetary Sciences: Y. Hori (NAO) |
| 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break |
| AB INITIO SIMULATIONS (chair: M. Bethekenhagen) |
| 11:00-12:30 Using ab initio simulations to calculate the interior structure of planets and exoplanets: S. Mazevet (OCA) |
| 12:30-17:00 free |
| PLANETOLOGY and WDM (chair: B. Albertazzi) |
| 17:00-17:30 An introduction on experimental warm dense matter generated by laser and implications on planetology: A. Benuzzi-Mounaix (LULI) |
| 17:30-18:00 A glimpse into high-pressure experiments and planetary interiors with density functional theory: M. Bethkenhagen (LULI) |
| 18:00-18:30 Time dependant ab initio and external field : F. Brieuc (CEA) |
| 18:30-19:00 Dynamic compression VISAR Velocimetry from Planetary Interiors to Inertial Fusion Energy : M. Millot (LLNL) |
| FRIDAY, February 9 |
| ASTROPHYSICS (Chair : L. Gremillet) |
| 9:00-10:30 Particle acceleration in high-energy Universe: (M. Lemoine IAP) |
| 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break |
| ICF (Chair: C. Goyon) |
| 11:00-12:30 Inertial Confinement Fusion: Physics and Status (R. Bahukutumbi LLE) |
| 12:30-17:00 free |
| ASTROPHYSICS and ICF (Chair: T. Sano) |
| 17:00-17:30 Laboratory investigation on particle energization through magnetized shocks and associated instabilities: Y. Weipeng (LULI) |
| 17:30-18:00 Exploration of cross-beam energy transfer mitigation constraints for designing an ignition-scale direct-drive inertial confinement fusion driver: A. Colaitis (LLE) |
| 18:00-18:05 Concluding remarks and future meetings (B. Albertazzi) |