[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 67 (Friday, April 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15233-15234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8499]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Financial Assistance Award (GRANT)
AGENCY: U. S. Department of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Solicitation of Applications for Grant Awards for High-Energy
Density and Laser-Matter Interaction Studies.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 10 CFR 600.15, the U. S. DOE announces that it
plans to conduct a technically competitive solicitation for basic
research experiments in high energy density and laser matter
interaction studies at the National Laser Users' Facility (NLUF)
located at the University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics
(UR/LLE).
Grant Solicitation No. DE-PS03-96SF21040. Universities or other
higher education institutions, private sector not-for-profit
organizations, or other entities are invited to submit grant
applications. The total amount of funding expected to be available for
Fiscal Year 1997 (FY97) program cycle is $700,000. Multiple awards are
anticipated.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Solomon, Contracting Officer,
DOE Oakland Operations Office, 1301 Clay Street, Room 700N, Oakland, CA
94612-5208, Telephone No. (510) 637-1865.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The solicitation is targeted for release
approximately April 19, 1996. The actual work to be accomplished will
be determined by the experiments and diagnostic techniques that are
selected for award. Proposed experiments and diagnostic techniques will
be evaluated through scientific peer review against predetermined,
published and available criteria. Final selection will be made by the
DOE. It is anticipated that multiple
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grants will be awarded within the available funding. The unique
resources of the NLUF are available to scientists for state-of-the art
experiments primarily in the area of inertial confinement fusion (ICF)
and related plasma physics. Other areas such as spectroscopy of highly
ionized atoms, laboratory astrophysics, fundamental physics, material
science, and biology and chemistry will be considered on a secondary
basis.
The LLE was established in 1970 to investigate the interaction of
high power lasers with matter. Available at the LLE for NLUF
researchers is the upgraded OMEGA LASER, a 30 kJ UV 60 beam laser
system (at 0.35 um) suitable for direct-drive ICF implosions, and the
Glass Development Laser (GDL), a 1 trillion watt, single beam prototype
for the OMEGA (at 0.35um). The systems are suitable for a variety of
experiments including laser-plasma interactions and atomic
spectroscopy. The NLUF program for FY97 is to concentrate on
experiments that can be done with the OMEGA laser at the University of
Rochester and development of diagnostic techniques suitable for the
OMEGA system.
Measurements of the laser coupling, laser-plasma interactions, core
temperature, and core density are needed to determine the
characteristics of the target implosions. Diagnostic techniques could
include either new instrumentation, development of analysis tools, or
development of targets that are applicable for 30 kJ implosions.
Additional information about the facilities and potential collaboration
at the NLUF can be obtained from: Dr. James Knauer, Manager, National
Laser Users' Facility, University of Rochester/LLE, 250 East River
Road, Rochester, NY 14623.
Issued in Oakland, CA, March 20, 1996.
Joan Macrusky,
Chief, Financial Assistance Branch, Program Acquisition and Assistance
Division.
[FR Doc. 96-8499 Filed 4-4-96; 8:45 am]
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