Mini-conference and Related Sessions on Laboratory Plasma Astrophysics
Authors: Hantao Ji, Michael Brown, Scott C. Hsu, Hui Li, and R. Paul Drake
Date of PPPL Report: February 2004
Published in: Physics of Plasmas 2:5 (May 2004) 2976-2983
This paper provides a summary of some major physics issues and future perspectives discussed in the Mini-Conference on Laboratory Plasma Astrophysics. This Mini-conference, sponsored by the Topical Group on Plasma Astrophysics, was held as part of the American Physical Society's Division of Plasma Physics 2003 Annual Meeting (October 27-31, 2003). Also included are brief summaries of selected talks on the same topic presented at two invited paper sessions (including a tutorial) and two contributed focus oral sessions, which were organized in coordination with the Mini-Conference by the same organizers.