The international
Workshop on Fast Ignition of Fusion Targets has become the principal
specialist meeting on fast ignition. It was last held in Florida
in November 2002 following the 44th APS, Annual Meeting of the
Division of Plasma Physics. The 7th meeting will be held at
the Kyoto
Tokyu Hotel, Kyoto, JAPAN, April 25-29, 2004. In order to
bring in more activities especially from Asia to the workshop
related to the ultra-intense laser plasma interactions, the
scope is widened to the high field physics too.
There
will be sessions from Monday to Thursday. The session will be
the oral in the mornings, the poster in the afternoons, and
the oral in the evenings in the style of the Gordon conferences.
There will be a banquet on Wednesday evening. The meeting will
follow the 2002 style by having a continuous poster display
of all the talks to encourage good discussions.
Attendees
should be specialists or new young researchers in these fields.
There will be approximately 70 attendees. Space is limited and
early registration is recommended.
The principal
theme of the conference and the area are the physics of fast
ignition, and closely related aspects of high intensity laser
matter interactions. Equal emphasis is placed on the experimental,
theory and modeling. Invited review talks will connect with
other aspects of the application to fusion energy by covering
such topics as target fabrication and delivery, reactor chamber
concepts and laser driver and focusing optics
concepts.
The business
of the Workshop will be handled through this Web site, which
you are reading right now. We will provide full information
for registration and submission of paper.
We are looking
forward to seeing you in Kyoto. Kyoto is the ancient capital
city of Japan. We hope all of us have a scientifically enjoyable
meeting in Kyoto!
Sincerely
Yours,
Kazuo A. Tanaka
Chairman