ISRAEL - SNRC

ISRAEL ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER

Yavne 81800

Telephone: +972 8 943 4635
Telefax: +972 8 943 4775
E-mail: henis@ndc.soreq.gov.il

Plasma Physics Group

Henis, Zohar (Head)
Arad, Benyamin
Borowitz, Arie
Dekel, Edo
Eliezer, Shalom

Fisher, Dimitri
Fraenkel, Moshe
Horovitz, Yossef
Ludmirsky, Ariold
Maman, Shlomo

Moshe, Ella
Paiss, Yehuda
Werdiger, Meir

Research activities:

1. Main laser facilities:
   • Ultra High Intensity (10 TW) femtosecond laser system
   • High energy (100 J) nanosecond laser system
   • Picosecond laser system
2. Experimental studies:
   • Laser-induced shockwave phenomena and energy transport
   • Laser velocimetry of shocked surfaces
   • Laser-induced X-ray studies
   • Laser induced magnetic fields and electric fields
   • Ultrashort laser matter interactions
   • High intensity laser induced nuclear reactions
3. Theory and computational studies:
   • Equations of state
   • Ultrashort laser produced plasma