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Edison P. Liang
Professor
Andrew Hays Buchanan Professor of Astrophysics
 
e-mail:liang@rice.edu
 
  • B.A. Physics (1967) UC Berkeley, berkeley
  • Ph.D. Physics (1971) UC Berkeley, Berkeley
 
Primary Department
   Department of Physics and Astronomy
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Department Affiliations
 
  • Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology
  • Rice Quantum Institute
  • Rice Space Institute
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    Research Areas
     High Energy Density Physics, High Energy Astrophysics, Laser Plasma Interactions and Applications, Antimatter Creation, Inertial Fusion Energy, Fluid Dynamics
     

    Research Statement

     

    DR. LIANG joined the Rice faculty in 1991 after holding positions at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Michigan State University and Stanford. His research areas are in high energy density physics and plasma astrophysics, especially x-ray and gamma-ray radiation from collapsed objects such as neutron stars and black holes, and the laboratory simulation of astrophysical phenomena with ultra-intense lasers. Using Monte Carlo numerical simulations he pioneered the modeling of radiation emitted by relativistic plasmas, plasmas so hot that a significant fraction of the energy goes into the creation of positron-electron pairs. He is most well known for his 1994 proposal to create electron-positron pair plasmas using ultra-intense lasers irradiating gold targets, which was successfully demonstrated experimentally in 2008. Dr. Liang was a guest investigator of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and a user of the Texas Petawatt Laser in Austin TX and Omega Laser at Rochester NY. In 2003-2004 he served as Chairman of the Topical Group in Plasma Astrophysics of the American Physical Society.  He is a fellow of the American Physical Society with over two hundred ninety publications.

     

    Current Research Focus of Edison Liang

     

    At present Dr. Liang focuses on three main research areas: large-scale Particle-in-Cell (PIC) kinetic simulations of relativistic plasmas, with applications to astrophysics and laser-plasma interactions, radiation magnetohydrodynamics, and laboratory astrophysics experiments involving intense lasers.  There is increasing synergism between relativistic plasmas in astrophysics and plasmas produced by ultra-intense lasers in the laboratory. This allows a controlled laboratory environment to study exotic astrophysical phenomena such as gamma-ray-bursts and active galactic nuclei. Conversely, what we learn from cosmic plasma processes may have important applications to future human technologies, such as inertial fusion, antimatter creation, directed energy and particle accelerators.  Dr. Liang has ongoing collaborations with UT Austin, LLNL, LANL, LSU, and MD Anderson Cancer Center.

     
    Teaching Areas
     Physics and Astronomy
     
    Selected Publications
     Abstracts
     

    E. Liang "Production of electron-positron pairs using ultra-intense lasers and potential applications." Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 53 No. 5 (2008) : 269.

     
     

    E. Liang, G. Hilburn, H. Li, S. Liu "Magnetic Turbulence Cascade and Electron Heating in Relativistic Plasmas." Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 53, No. 14 (2008) : 324.

     
     

    E. Liang, G. Hilburn, S. Liu, H. Li "Radiation from Magnetized Black Hole Accretion Disks." Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 39 No.4 (2007)

     
     

    E. Liang, G. Hilburn, S. Liu, H. Li, C. Gammie "Particle energization and radiation in magnetized black hole accretion." Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 53 No.5 (2008) : 139.

     
     

    H. Chen, S. Wilks, E. Liang, J. Myatt, K. Cone, L. Elberson, D. Meyerhofer, M. Schneider, R. Shepherd, D. Stafford, R. Tommasini, P. Beiersdorfer "Positron Creation Using the TITAN Short Pulse Laser." Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 53, No. 14 (2008) : 245.

     
     

    I. A. Smith, S. D. Ryder, M. Boettcher, S. J. Tingay, A. Stacy, M. Pakull, E. P. Liang "Multiwavelength Monitoring Of The Luminous Accreting X-ray Sources And SN 1978K In NGC 1313." Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 39 No.4 (2008)

     
     

    E. Liang and K. Noguchi, "Particle Acceleration and Radiation in Relativistic Collisionless Shocks." Bulletin of APS, 51 (2006) : 145.

     
     

    E. Liang and K. Noguchi, "Relativistic Plasmas: A New Interface between High Energy Astrophysics and Intense Laser Experiments." Bulletin of APS, 51 (2006) : 252.

     
     

    E. Liang, K. Noguchi and S. Wilks, "PIC Simulations of Particle Acceleration by Colliding Ultra-intense Laser Pulses." Bulletin of APS, 51 (2006) : 345.

     
     

    E. Liang "Particle Acceleration via Colliding Electromagnetic Pulses." Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 50 No.2 (2005) : 113.

     
     

    E. Liang and K. Noguchi "Particle Acceleration via Electromagnetic Explosion and Gamma-ray Bursts." Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 36 No.5 (2005) : 1617.

     
     

    E. Liang, K. Noguchi and S. Wilks "Sustained Particle Acceleration by Poynting Flux." Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 50 No.8 (2005) : 178.

     
     

    E. liang, K. Noguchi and S. Wilks "Acceleration of Overdense Plasmas using Colliding Laser Pulses." Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 50 No.8 (2005) : 186.

     
     

    K. Noguchi and E. Liang "Particle Acceleration in Electromagnetic Dominated Outflows with Background Plasmas and Clumps." Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 50 No.8 (2005) : 61.

     
     

    K. Noguchi and E. Liang "Three-dimensional Relativisitic Particle Acceleration by Magnetic Cylinder and Torus." Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 50 No.8 (2005) : 61.

     
     Refereed articles
     

    David J. McLaughlin, Kenneth R. Hogstrom, Robert L. Carver, John P. Gibbons, Polad M. Shikhaliev, Kenneth L. Matthews II, Taylor Clarke, Alexander Henderson, and Edison P. Liang "Permanent-magnet energy spectrometer for electron beams from radiotherapy accelerators." Medical Physics, 42: 5517.

     
     

    E. Liang, T. Clarke, A. Henderson, W. Fu, W. Lo, D. Taylor, P. Chaguine, S. Zhou, Y. Hua, X. Cen, X. Wang, J. Kao, H. Hasson, G. Dyer, K. Serratto, N. Riley, M. Donovan & T. Ditmire "High e+/e− Ratio Dense Pair Creation with 1021W.cm−2 Laser Irradiating Solid Targets." Scientific Reports, 5: 13968.


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    Edison Liang, Wen Fu, Jake Spisak, Markus Boettcher "Radiation Emitted by Relativistic Shear Boundary Layers." Astrophysical Journal (2016) Submitted

     
     

    Liang, E., Fu, W., Boettcher, M., and Roustazadeh,P. "Relativistic Layered Hybrid Shear Flows and Applications to Blazars." Astrophysical Journal (2016) Submitted

     
     

    Alexander Henderson, Edison Liang, Petr Chaguine, Pablo Yepes, Gilliss Dyer, Nathan Riley, Kristina Serratto, Todd Ditmire "Ultra-intense Gamma-Rays Created using the Texas Petawatt Laser." High Energy Density Physics , 12 (2014) : 46.

     
     

    Wen Fu, Hui Li, Stephen Lubow, Shengtai Li, Edison Liang "Effects of dust feedback on vortices in protoplanetary disks." Astrophysical Journal Letters, 795 (2014) : L39.

     
     

    Devin Taylor, Edison Liang, Taylor Clarke, Alexander Henderson, Petr Chaguine, Xin Wang, Gilliss Dyer, Kristina Serratto, Nathan Riley, Michael Donovan, and Todd Ditmire, "Hot electron production using the Texas Petawatt Laser irradiating thick gold targets." High Energy Density Physics , 9 (2013) : 363.

     
     

    Devin Taylor, Edison Liang, Taylor Clarke, Alexander Henderson, Petr Chaguine, Xin Wang, Gilliss Dyer, Kristina Serratto, Nathan Riley, Michael Donovan, and Todd Ditmire, "Hot electron production using the Texas Petawatt Laser irradiating thick gold targets." High Energy Density Physics , 9 (2013) : 363.

     
     

    Edison Liang, Bruce Remington and Dimitri Ryutov "High Energy Astrophysics Experiments using Ultra-intense Lasers." Nature Physics (2015) In Revision

     
     

    Edison Liang, Markus Boettcher, Ian Smith "Magnetic Field Generation and Particle Energization at Relativistic Shear Boundaries in Collisonless Electron-Positron Plasmas." Astrophysical Journal Letters, 766 (2013) : L1.

     
     

    Edison Liang, Wen Fu, Markus Boettcher, Ian Smith, and Parisa Roustazadeh "Relativistic Positron-Electron-Ion Shear Flows and Applications to Gamma-Ray Bursts." Astrophysical Journal Letters, 779 (2013) : L27.

     
     

    Wen Fu; Edison P. Liang, Milad Fatenejad, Donald Q. Lamb, Michael Grosskopf, , Hye-Sook Park, Bruce Remington and Anatoly Spitkovsky "Increase of the Density, Temperature and Velocity of Plasma Jets driven by a Ring of High Energy Laser Beams." High Energy Density Physics , 9 (2013) : 336.

     
     

    Alexander Henderson, Edison Liang, Pablo Yepes, Hui Chen, Scott Wilks "Numerical Simulation of Ultra-intense Laser Pair Creation and Comparison with Experimental Data." Physics of Plasmas (2013) In Revision

     
     

    Devin Taylor, Edison Liang, Taylor Clarke, Alexander Henderson, Petr Chaguine, Xin Wang, Gilliss Dyer, Kristina Serratto, Nathan Riley, Michael Donovan, and Todd Ditmire, "Hot electron production using the Texas Petawatt Laser irradiating thick gold targets." High Energy Density Physics (2013) In Revision

     
     

    Edison Liang, Bruce Remington and Dimitri Ryutov "High Energy Astrophysics Experiments using Ultra-intense Lasers." Nature Physics (2013) Submitted

     
     

    Edison Liang, Erin Dahlstrom, Kari van Grinsven and Seth Davis "Compton Cooling of Relativistic Electron-Positron Plasmas and Beams." Physical Review Letters (2013) In Revision

     
     

    Edison Liang, Markus Boettcher and Ian Smith "Magnetic Field Generation and Particle Energization at Relativistic Shear Boundaries in Collisionless Electron-Positron Plasmas ." Astrophysical Journal Letters (2013) In Press

     
     

    Guy Hilburn and Edison Liang "NUMERICAL MODELING OF MULTI-WAVELENGTH SPECTRA OF M87 CORE EMISSION." Astrophysical Journal, 746 (2012) : 87.

     
     

    J.Ross, S. Glenzer,m P. Amendt, R. Berger, L.Divoi, E. Liang et al. "Characterizing counter-streaming interpenetrating plasmas relevant to astrophysical collisionless shocks." Physics of Plasmas, 19 (2012) : 056501.

     
     

    N. L. Kugland, D. D. Ryutov, P-Y. Chang, R. P. Drake, G. Fiksel, D. H. Froula, S. H. Glenzer, G. Gregori, M. Grosskopf, M. Koenig, Y. Kuramitsu, C. Kuranz, M. C. Levy, E. Liang, J. Meinecke, F. Miniati, T. Morita, A. Pelka, C. Plechaty, R. Presura, A. Ravasio, B. A. Remington, B. Reville, J. S. Ross, Y. Sakawa et al. "Self-organized electromagnetic field structures in laser-produced counter-streaming plasmas." Nature Physics, 8 (2012) : 809.

     
     

    Wen Fu; Edison P. Liang, Milad Fatenejad, Donald Q. Lamb, Michael Grosskopf, , Hye-Sook Park, Bruce Remington and Anatoly Spitkovsky "Increase of the Density, Temperature and Velocity of Plasma Jets driven by a Ring of High Energy Laser Beams." High Energy Density Physics (2013) Submitted

     
     

    Xin Wang, Wei Yu, Edison Liang, M.Y.Yu "Acceleration of laser-driven ion bunch from double-layer thin foils." Physics of Plasmas, 19 (2012) : 053110.

     
     

    Xuhui Chen, Giovanni Fossati, Markus Boettcher, Edison Liang "Time dependent simulations of emission from the FSRQ PKS 1510-089." Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society, 424 (2012) : 789.

     
     

    Edison Liang "Gamma-Ray and Pair Creation using Ultra-intense Lasers and Astrophysical Applications." High Energy Density Physics (2011) In Press

     
     

    Edison Liang, Erin Dahlstrom and Kari van Grisven "Compton Cooling of Relativistic Electron-Positron Plasmas and Beams." Physical Review Letters (2011) In Revision

     
     

    Edison Liang, Markus Boettcher, Ian Smith "PIC Simulations of Relativistic Shear Flows." Physical Review Letters (2012) Submitted

     
     

    Guy Hilburn and Edison Liang "Numerical Modeling of Multi-wavelength Spectra of M87 Core Emission ." Astrophysical Journal (2012) In Press

     
     

    Wei Liu, Lin Yin, William Daughton, Hui Li, Brian J. Albright, Kevin J. Bowers and Edison P. Liang "Particle Energization in 3D Magnetic Reconnection of Relativistic Pair Plasmas." Physics of Plasmas , 18 (2011) : 052105.

     
     

    Xin Wang and Edison Liang "A composite target for laser proton bunch acceleration." Physics of Plasmas (2011) Submitted

     
     

    Xuhui Chen, Giovanni Fossati, Edison Liang, Markus Boettcher and Justin Finke "Time Dependent Simulation of Blazar Mrk 421 using a Monte Carlo Multi-zone Code." Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society, 416 (2011) : 2368.

     
     

    Edison Liang "Intense Laser Pair Creation and Applications." High Energy Density Physics, 6 (2010) : 219.

     
     

    Edison Liang and Erin Dahlstrom "Laser Compton Cooling of Relativistic Electron-Positron Plasmas and Beams." Physcial Review Letters (2010) In Revision

     
     

    Edison Liang, Bruce Remington and Dimitri Ryutov "High Energy Astrophysics Experiments using Ultra-intense Lasers." Nature Physics (2010) Submitted

     
     

    Guy Hilburn, Edison Liang, Siming Liu, Hui Li "Monte Carlo Simulations of the Broadband Spectra of Sagittarius A* through the use of General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics." Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society, 401 (2010) : 1620.

     
     

    Jian Ding, Feng Yuan, Edison Liang "Electron heating and acceleration by magnetic reconnection in hot accretion flows." Astrophysical Journal, 708 (2010) : 1545.

     
     

    Wei Liu, Lin Yin, William Daughton, Hui Li, Brian J. Albright, Kevin J. Bowers and Edison P. Liang "Particle Energization in 3D Magnetic Reconnection of Relativistic Pair Plasmas." Physics of Plasmas (2011) In Press

     
     

    Xuhui Chen, Giovanni Fossati, Edison Liang, Markus Boettcher and Justin Finke "Time Dependent Simulation of Blazar Mrk 421 using a Monte Carlo Multi-zone Code." Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society (2010) In Revision

     
     

    E. Liang and K. Noguchi "Radiation from Comoving Poynting Flux Acceleration." Astrophysical Journal, 705 (2009) : 1473.

     
     

    Edison Liang "Dissipation of Thin Current Sheets interacting with Nonlinear Alfven Waves in Relativistic Plasmas." In Revision

     
     

    Edison Liang "Intense Laser Pair Creation and Applications." High Energy Density Physics (2010) In Press

     
     

    H.Chen, S. Wilks, J. Bonlie, E. Liang, J. Myatt, D. Price, D. Meyerhofer, P. Beiersdorfer ""Relativistic Positron Creation Using Ultra-Intense Short Pulse Lasers."." Physical Review Letters, 102 (2009) : 105001.

     
     

    Wei Liu, Lin Yin, William Daughton, Hui Li, Brian J. Albright, Kevin J. Bowers and Edison P. Liang "3D Magnetic Reconnection of Relativistic Pair Plasmas." Physical Review Letters (2010) Submitted

     
     

    E Liang, S. Wilks and H. Chen "Scaling Properties of Positron Yield from Ultra-intense Laser Irradiation of Gold Targets." Physics of Plasmas (2009) Submitted

     
     

    E. Liang "Alfven Turbulence Cascade and Current Sheet Dissipation in Relativistic Magnetized Plasmas." Astrophysical Journal (2009) Submitted

     
     

    E. Liang and K. Noguchi "Radiation from Kinetic Poynting Flux Acceleration." Astrophysical Journal (2008) In Revision

     
     

    H.Chen, S. Wilks, J. Bonlie, E. Liang, J. Myatt, D. Price, D. Meyerhofer, P. Beiersdorfer "Relativistic Positron Creation Using Ultra-Intense Short Pulse Lasers." Physical Review Letters (2008) In Press

     
     

    K. Noguchi and E. Liang "Three-Dimensional Particle Acceleration in Electromagnetic Cylinder and Torus." Astrophysics and Space Science, 307 (2007) : 305-308.

     
     

    K. Noguchi and E. Liang "Three-Dimensional Particle Acceleration in Electromagnetic Dominated Outflows with Background Plasma and Clump." Astrophysics and Space Science, 307 (2007) : 315-318.

     
     

    O.P. Hastings IV and E. Liang "2.5 Dimensional Particle-in-Cell Simulations of Relativistic Plasma Collisions." Physics of Plasmas (2008) In Revision

     
     

    Smith, I. A., Ryder, S. D., Bottcher, M., Tingay, S. J., Stacy, A., Pakull, M., & Liang, E. P. "Multiwavelength Monitoring of the Unusual Ultraluminous Supernova SN 1978K +in NGC 1313 and the Search for an Associated Gamma-Ray Burst." Astrophysical Journal, 669 (2007) : 1130.

     
     

    E. Liang "2-and-3 Dimensional Simulations of the Colliding Laser Pulses Accelerator." Physics of PlasmasSubmitted

     
     

    E. Liang "Simulating Poynting Flux Acceleration in the Laboratory with Colliding Laser Pulses." Astrophysics and Space Science, 307 (2007) : 309.

     
     

    E. Liang and K. Noguchi "Intrinsic Radiation of Poynting Flux and Collsionless Shocks." Il Nuovo Cimento, B 121 (2006) : 1105.

     
     

    E. Liang, O. Hastings "3D PIC Simulations of Weibel and 2-Stream Instabilities in e+e- Plasmas." Physics of Plasmas (2007) In Revision

     
     

    Dan Kocevski and Edison Liang, "Quantifying the Luminosity Evolution in Gamma-Ray Bursts." Astrophysical Journal, 642 (2006) : 371-381.

     
     

    E. Liang and K. Noguchi, "Intrinsic radiation from Poynting jets and magnetized collisionless shocks: implications for prompt GRB emissions." Il Nuovo Cimento (2007) In Press

     
     

    E. Liang, "Comoving Acceleration of Overdense e+e- Plasmas by Colliding Ultra-Intense Laser Pulses." Physics of Plasmas, 13 (2006) : 064506.

     
     

    E. Liang "Comoving Acceleration of Overdense Electron-Positron Plasma by Colliding Ultraintense Laser Pulses." Physics of Plasmas LettersIn Press

     
     

    E. Liang "Particle Acceleration in Relativistic Magnetized Plasmas." Astrophysics and Space Science, 298 (2005) : 211-218.

     
     

    K. Noguchi, E. Liang and K. Nishimura "Self-consistent Radiative Effect on Relativistic Electromagnetic Particle Acceleration." Il Nuovo Cimento C, 28 (2005) : 381.

     
     

    K. Noguchi, E. Liang and K. Nishimura "Self-consistent Radiative Effects on Particle Acceleration via Relativistic Electromagnetic Outflows." Physics of Plasmas (2005) Submitted

     
     

    Edison Liang "Sustained Acceleration of Electron-Positron Plasma by Colliding electromagnetic pulses." Science (2004) Submitted

     
     

    Edison Liang and Kazumi Nishimura "Bifurcation and Lorentz Factor Scaling of Relativistic Magnetized Plasma Expansion." Physical Review Letters, 92 (2004) : 175005.

     
     

    Kazumi Nishimura and Edison Liang "Parameter study of the Diamagnetic Relativistic Pulse Accelerator in slab geometryI." Physics of Plasmas, 11 (2004) : 4753.

     
     

    Kazumi Nishimura, Edison Liang and S. Peter Gary "Charge Separation Effects in Magnetized Electron-ion Plasma Expansion into a vacuum." Physics of Plasmas, 10 (2004) : 4559.

     
     

    Koichi Noguchi, Edison Liang and Kazumi Nishimura "Radiative Effects on Particle Acceleration via Relativistic Electromagnetic Expansion." Physical Review Letters (2004) Submitted

     
     

    T.Ditmire, S. Bless, G. Dyer, A.Edens, W. Grigsby, G. Hays, K. Madison, A. Maltsev, J. Colvin, M. Edwards, R.W.Lee, P. Patel, D. Price, B. Remington, R. Sheppherd, A. Wootton, J. Zweiback, E. Liang,, K. Kielty "Overview of Future Directions in High Energy Density and High-Field Science using Ultra-Intense Lasers." Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 70 (2004) : 535 - 552.

     
     Book chapters
     

    Edison Liang "Relativistic, Pair-Dominated and Strongly Magnetized Plasmas." Research Opportunities in Plasma Astrophysics (2010) : p.95.

     
     

    E. Liang "Particle Acceleration via Electromagnetic Plasma Expansion." Advance in Plasma Research (2006) In Press

     
     Refereed conference papers
     

    Markus Böttcher, Matthew G. Baring, Edison P. Liang, Errol J. Summerlin, Wen Fu, Ian A. Smith and Parisa Roustazadeh "Diagnosing particle acceleration in relativistic jets." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 10 Symposium S313: 153.

     
     

    P. ROUSTAZADEH, W. FU, E. LIANG, M. BOETTCHER, M. BARINGXLVIII "SHEAR BOUNDARY LAYER (SBL) ACCELERATION AND RADIATION MECHANISM IN BLAZARS." Very High Energy Phenomena in the Universe (2013)

     
     

    Edison Liang "Gamma-Ray and Pair Creation using Ultra-intense Lasers and Astrophysical Applications." High Energy Density Physics , 9 (2013) : 425.

     
     

    M.J. Grosskopf, , , R.P. Drakea, C.C. Kuranza, E.M. Ruttera, J.S. Rossb, N.L. Kugland, C. Plechaty, B.A. Remington, A. Spitkovsky, L. Gargate, G. Gregori, A. Bell, C.D. Murphy, J. Meinecke, B. Reville, Y. Sakawa, Y. Kuramitsu, H. Takabe, D.H. Froula, G. Fiksel, F. Miniati, M. Koenig, A. Ravasio, E. Liang, W. Fu, N. Woolsey, H.-S. Park "Simulation of laser-driven, ablated plasma flows in collisionless shock experiments on OMEGA and the NIF." High Energy Density Physics , 9 (2013) : 192.

     
     

    Hye-Sook Park, D.D. Ryutov, J.S. Ross, N.L. Kugland, S.H. Glenzer, C. Plechaty, S.M. Pollaine, B.A. Remington, A. Spitkovsky, L. Gargate, G. Gregori, A. Bell, C. Murphy, Y. Sakawa, Y. Kuramitsu, T. Morita, H. Takabe, D.H. Froula, G. Fiksel, F. Miniati, M. Koenig, A. Ravasio, A. Pelka, E. Liang, N. Woolsey, C.C. Kuranz, R.P. Drake, M.J. Grosskopf "Studying astrophysical collisionless shocks with counterstreaming plasmas from high power lasers." High Energy Density Physics, 8 (2012) : 38.

     
     

    Alexander Henderson, Edison Liang, Pablo Yepes, Hui Chen, Scott Wilks "Monte Carlo Simulation of Pair Creation Using Petawatt Lasers." Astrophysics and Space Science, 336 (2011) : 273.

     
     

    Alexander Henderson, Edison Liang, Pablo Yepes, Hui Chen, Scott Wilks "Monte Carlo Simulation of Pair Creation Using Petawatt Lasers." Astrophysics and Space Science, 336 (2011) : 273.

     
     

    Edison Liang "Applications of Laser-Created Dense e+e- Plasmas." Astrophysics and Space Science , 336 (2011) : 279.

     
     

    Guy Hilburn, Edison Liang, Siming Liu, Hui Li "General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic and Monte Carlo Modeling of Sagittarius A*." Astrophysics and Space Science, 336 (2011) : 145.

     
     

    Xuhui Chen, Giovanni Fossati, Edison Liang, Markus Böttcher "X-ray Time Lags in TeV Blazars." Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 21 (2011) : 185C.

     
     

    Alexander Hastings Henderson;Edison Liang;Pablo Yepes;Hui Chen;Scott Wilks "Monte Carlo Simulation of Pair Creation Using Petawatt Lasers." Astrophysics and Space Science (2011) In Press

     
     

    Edison Liang "Applications of Dense e+e- Plasmas." Astrophysics and Space Science (2011) In Press

     
     

    Guy Hilburn, Edison Liang, Siming Liu, Hui Li "General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic and Monte Carlo Modeling of Sagittarius A*." Astrophysics and Space Science (2011) In Press

     
     

    E. Liang "Sustained Comoving Acceleration of Overdense Plasmas by Colliding Laser Pulses." International Journal of Modern Physics B, 21 (2007) : 647.

     
     

    E. Liang, "Simulating Poynting Flux Acceleration in the Laboratory with Colliding Laser Pulses." Astrophysics and Space Science (2006) In Press

     
     

    E. Liang, "Sustained Comoving Acceleration of Overdense Plasmas by Colliding Laser Pulses." Proceedings of ICFA 2005 (2006) In Press

     
     

    E. Liang "Sustained Acceleration of Over-dense Plasmas by Colliding Laser Pulses." AIP Conference Proceedings (2006) In Press

     
     

    E. Liang and K. Noguchi "Particle Acceleration by Electromagnetic-Dominated Outflows." Revisita Mexicana Astronomy and Astrophysics, 23 (2005) : 43-52.

     
     

    Edison Liang "Particle Acceleration via Relativistic Magnetic Dominated Expansion and GRBs." AIP Conference Proceedings, 727 (2004) : 233.

     
     

    Edison Liang "Particle Acceleration via relativistic electromagnetic expansion." AIP Conference Proceedings (2004) In Press

     
     Conference papers
     

    E. Liang, "Sustained Acceleration of Overdense Plasmas by Colliding Laser Pulses." AIP Conference Proceedings, 827 (2006) : 277.

     
     

    E. Liang, K. Noguchi and S. Sugiyama, "PIC Simulations of Prompt GRB Emissions." AIP Conference Proceedings, 836 (2006) : 157.

     
     

    K. Noguchi and E. Liang, "Interaction of Eelctromagnetic-Dominated Outflow with Inhomogeneous Medium." AIP Conference Proceedings, 836 (2006) : 456.

     
     

    S. Sugiyama, E. Liang, K. Noguchi and H. Takabe, "Compton Spectrum from Poynting Flux Accelerated e+e- Plasma." AIP Conference Proceedings, 836 (2006) : 197.

     
     

    E. Liang "Particle Acceleration by Relativistic Electromagnetic Explosions." Chiba Conference Proceedings

     
     

    K. Noguchi and E. Liang "Radiative Effects on Particle Acceleration via Relativistic Electromagnetic Expansion." SLAC e-Conf, SLAC-R-752 (2005) : CO41213.

     
    Presentations
     Conference Committee Member
     

    "HEDLA 08 Meeting." High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics 2008 Meeting, St. Louis, MO. (4/11/2008 - 4/15/2008)

     
     

    "HEDP 2008 International Conference." 2008 High Energy Density Physics Conference, St.. Louis MO. (April 2008)

     
     

    "Simulating Poynting Flux Acceleration in the Laboratory with Colliding Laser Pulses." Fifth International Conference on High Enegy Density Laboratory Astrophysics, Rice University, Houston, TX. (March 11-14, 2006)

     
     Conference Paper
     

    "Dense Pair and Gamma-Ray Creation using the Texas Petawatt Laser." APS-DPP Annual Meeting, Savannah GA. (11/18/2015)

     
     

    ""Pair Creation using the Texas Petawatt Laser"." HEDLA Symposium 2015, Bordeaux, France. (5/14/2014)

     
     

    ""Ultraintense Pair Creation using the Texas Petawatt Laser and Applications"." APS DPP Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. (10/30/2014)

     
     Invited Papers
     

    "Magnetic Field Generation, Particle Energization and Radiation at Relativistic Shear Boundary Layers." APS-DPP Annual Meeting Miniconference , Savannah GA. ( 11/16/2015 ) With Wen Fu, Jake Spisak, Markus Boettcher

     
     

    "PIC Simulations of Relativistic Shear Boundary Layers." International Conference on High Energy Density Labooratory Astrophysics (HEDLA2102), Talllahassee, FL. (05/03/2012) With Markus Boettcher, Ian Smith

     
     

    "Dissipation of thin current sheets interacting with nonlinear Alfven waves in relativistic plasmas." APS-DPP Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. (November 3, 2009)

     
     

    "From Femtosecond to Gigaparsec: Relativistic Plasmas in Astrophysics and in Laser Experiments." International Conference on Physics Education and Frontier Physics, Taipei, Taiwan. (June 27-30, 2006)

     
     

    "Particle Acceleration and Radiation in Collisionless Shocks." APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. (October 31 - November 3, 2006) With Koichi Noguchi

     
     

    "Particle Acceleration and Radiation in Poynting Jets and Relativistic Shocks." Central Engine of AGN 2006, Xian, China. (October 15-21, 2006) With Koichi Noguchi

     
     

    "Particle Acceleration in Electromagnetic-Dominated Outflows: Implications for Prompt GRB Emissons." GRB Afterglows in the Swift Era, Vencie, Italy. (June 4 - 9, 2006) With Koichi Noguchi

     
     

    "Comoving Acceleration of Overdense electron-Positron Plasmas by Colliding Laser Pulses." ICFA Workshop on Laser and Plasma Accelerators, Taipei Taiwan. (Dec 12-16, 2005)

     
     

    "Comoving Poynting Flux Acceleration of Overdense Plasmas." US-Japan Workshop on Ultra-intense Laser-Plasma Interactions, Austin TX. (October 31, 2005)

     
     

    "Extreme Particle Acceleration by Electromagnetic Dominated Outflows." 9th Texas-Mexico Conference on Astrophysics, San Antonio, TX. (April 14, 2005)

     
     

    "Particle Acceleration by Relativistic Electromagnetic Explosions." Chiba Conference on Particles and Radiation from Cosmic Accelerators, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan. (March 3, 2005)

     
     

    "Particle Acceleration via Colliding Electromagnetic Pulses." American Physical Society Spring Meeting, Tampa FL. (April 17, 2005)

     
     

    Primary author.  "Sustained Acceleration of Overdense Plasmas by Colliding Laser Pulses." Superstrong Fields in Plasma Conference, Varenna, Lake Como, Italy. (September 19 - 23, 2005) With K. Noguchi and S. Wilks

     
     

    Primary author.  "Sustained Particle Acceleration by Poynting Flux." 47th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics of the APS, Denver CO. (October 24 - 28, 2005) With K. Noguchi and S. Wilks

     
     

    "Particle Acceleration by Eletromagnetic Expansion and Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts." Gamma-ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era, Rome, Italy. (10/15/2004)

     
     

    "Particle Acceleration via Relativistic Electromagnetic Plasma Expansion." SLAC, Stanford University. (08/18/2004)

     
     

    "Particle Acceleration via Relativistic electromagnetic plasma expansion and gamma-ray bursts." APS DPP Meeting, Savannah, GA. (11/15/2004) With Koichi Noguchi, Kazumi Nishimura

     
     Invited Talks
     

    "Dense Pair and Gamma-Ray Creation using Ultra-intense Lasers." IFSA International Conference , Seattle, WA. ( 9/24/2015 )

     
     

    "Making Gamma-Ray Bursts with 10^21W.cm^-2 Laser." 10th ICHED International Conference , San Diego, CA. (8/26/2015 )

     
     

    "Relativistic Shear Flows and Magnetic Self-Organization." Los Alamos Astrophysics Colloquium, Los Alamos, NM. (8/3/2015 )

     
     

    ""Gamma-ray and Pair Creation using Ultraintense Lasers"." University of Houston at Clearlake. (2/13/2014)

     
     

    ""Magnetic Field Generation and Particle Energization in Relativistic Shear Flows"." APS DPP Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. (10/28/2014)

     
     

    ""PIC Simulations of Relativistic Shear Flows"." Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. (5/12/2014)

     
     

    ""Ultraintense Laser Pair and Gamma Creation and Astrophysical Applications"." Meso-scale Plasma Dynamics and Energetic Particles, Los Alamos, NM. (7/1/2014)

     
     

    ""High Energy Astrophysics Experiments Using Ultra-Intense Lasers"." Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Dallas, TX. (12/12/2013)

     
     

    "“Ultra-intense Positron and Gamma-Ray Creation using the Texas Petawatt Laser”." UC San Diego, San Diego, Ca. (10/11/2013)

     
     

    "Numerical Simulations of Jets in Astrophysics and from Laser Target Interactions.." Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM. (07/25/2012) With Wen Fu et al

     
     

    "From Picosecond to Gigaparsec: High Energy Astrophysics Experiments using Ultra-intense Lasers." Harvard University Astrophysics Colloquium, Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA. (11/08/11)

     
     

    "Gamma Ray and Pair Creation Using Ultra-Intense Lasers and Astrophysical Applications." International High Energy Density Physics Conference, Lisbon Portugal. (05/18/11)

     
     

    "High Energy Astrophysics Experiments using Ultra-Intense Lasers." Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM. (07/20/11)

     
     

    "Magnetic Field Generation and Particle Acceleration by Relativistic Shear Flows." Kavli Institute Conference on Astrophysical Plasmas, Beijing China. (06/08/11) With Markus Boettcher, Ian Smith

     
     

    "Magnetic Field Generation at Relativistic Shear Boundary Layers." APS-Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah. (11/15/11) With Markus Boettcher, Ian Smith

     
     

    "Recent Results from the Texas PetaWatt Laser Experiments." University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA. (09/02/11) With Team members of the Rice - UT Collaboration

     
     

    "High-Energy Astrophysics Experiments Using Ultra-intense Lasers

     ." US-Japan Workshop on Ultra-Intense Lasers, Chicago IL. (November 7 2010)

     
     

    "Production and Applications of Laser Pairs

     

     ." ACUIL Conference 2010, Berkeley, CA. (April 28 2010)

     
     

    "Relativistic Plasmas and Strong B-Fields: 

    New Synergism Between HEA and HEDP

     ." ICHED Workshop 2010, Santa Fe, NM. (August 4, 2010)

     
     

    "Relativistic Plasmas in Astrophysics And the Laboratory

     

     ." Ohio University, Athens OH. (May 28 2010)

     
     

    "Relativistic Plasmas in Astrophysics and in the Laboratory

     ." Los Alamos National Laboratory. (july 28 2010)

     
     

    "Summary Review of Relativistic Panel Report of WOPA 2010 Princeton Meeting

     

     ." HEDLA 2010, Caltech, Pasadena CA. (March 19 2010)

     
     

    "Intense Laser Pair Creation and Applications." International Conference on High Energy Density Physics, Austin, Texas. (May 22 2009)

     
     

    "Overview of Laboratory Astrophysics." Sandia National Laboratory and University of Texas at Austin, Santa Fe, NM. (July 28, 2009)

     
     

    "Antimatter Creation Using Ultra-Intense Lasers." ICUIL International Conference, Shanghai, China. (10/29/2008)

     
     

    "PIC Simulations of Relativistic Magnetized Plasmas." Kinetic Modeling of Astrophysical Plasmas Conference, Krakow, Poland. (10/7/2008)

     
     

    "Pair Creation Using Ultra-Intense Lasers." Joint US-Japan Laser Plasma Meeting, Austin, TX. (11/23/2008)

     
     

    "Production of electron-positron pairs using ultra-intense lasers and potential applications.." HEDLA 2008 Meeting, St. Louis, MO. (4/15/2008)

     
     

    "Numerical Simulation of Thermal - Nonthermal Radiation from Magnetized Accretion Flows onto Black Holes." Minisymposium at the APS/DPP meeting, Orlando FL. (November 11-15, 2007)

     
     

    "Overview of GRB prompt emission models." Aspen Astrophysics Workshop, Aspen CO. (June 3 -17, 2007)

     
     

    "Particle Acceleration and Radiation in Plasma Collisions." First Asian-Pacific Symposium on Astrophysical, Space and Laboratory Plasmas, Beijing China. (June 18-21, 2007)

     
     

    "Radiation from Poynting Flux Acceleration." American Astronomical Society Meeting, Seattle. (January 10, 2007) With Koichi Noguchi

     
     

    "Review of the Amati-Ghirlanda relations in GRBs." Aspen Astrophysics Workshop, Aspen CO. (June 3 -17, 2007)

     
     

    "From Blazars to Lasers: Relativistic Plasmas in Astrophysics and in the Laboratory." Academica Sinica Institute of Astronomy, Taipei, Taiwan. (December 8, 2006)

     
     

    "Particle Acceleration and Radiation from Poynting Jets and Collisionless Shocks." AGN and Black Hole Workshop, Tsinchu, Taiwan. (November 27 - December 7, 2006)

     
     

    "Black Hole Spectral States and Particle Acceleration." Aspen Summer Workshop on Astrophysics, Aspen CO. (July 27, 2005)

     
     

    "Particle Acceleration in Electromagnetic Dominated Plasmas and Astrophysics Applications." Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM. (August 9, 2005)

     
     

    "Pair Creation and Acceleration via Ultra-intense lasers." LANL, Los Alamos, NM. (01/13/2004)

     
     

    "Particle Acceleration via electromagnetic expansion and gamma-ray bursts." Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. (02/24/2004)

     
     Lectures
     

    ""Making Gamma-Ray Burst in the Laboratory: Ultra-intense Positron and Gamma-Ray Creation using the Texas Petawatt Laser "." Department of Physics & Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX. (04/03/2013)

     
     

    "Highlights of Research Projects and Activities of Liang Research Group." Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, Physics Department, Rice University. (10/03/11)

     
     

    "Recent Advances in Laser Pair Creation ." Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM. (June 11, 2009)

     
     

    "Relativistic Plasmas in Astrophysics and in Laser Experiments I :PIC Simulations of Poynting Jets and Collisionless Shocks." Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM. (July 27, 2006)

     
     

    "Relativistic Plasmas in Astrophysics and in Laser Experiments II: PIC Simulations of Intense Laser Interactions." Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM. (August 3, 2006)

     
     

    "Extreme Particle Acceleration by Intense Electromagnetic Pulses in Astrophysics and in the Laboratory." Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University. (April 20, 2005)

     
     

    "Relativistic Electromagnetic Explosions and Gamma-Ray Bursts." Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. (02/10/2004)

     
     

    "Relativistic Plasma Physics with Ultra-intense Lasers." ILE, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. (02/17/2004)

     
     Other
     

    ""PIC Simulations of Relativistic Shear Flows"." APS DPP Meeting, Denver, CO. (11/13/2013) With Wen Fu, Markus Boettcher, Ian Smith, Parisa Roustazadeh

     
     

    ""Ultra-intense Pair Creation Using the Texas Petawatt Laser"." APS DPP Meeting, Denver CO. (11/14/2013) With Taylor Clarke, Devin Taylor, Alexander Henderson, Petr Chaguine, Gillis Dyer, Nathan Riley, Kristina Serratto, Michael Donovan, Todd Ditmire

     
     

    "Launching Supersonic Jets with High Energy Ring Laser irradiating Flat Targets." APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting, Providence RI. (10/31/2012) With Wen Fu et al

     
     

    "Results of the 2012 Rice-UT 2012 Positron Experiment using the Texas Petawatt Laser.." APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting, Providence RI. (10/31/2012) With Devin Taylor, Taylor Clarke, Petr Shagin, Alexander Henderson, Xin Wang, Gilliss Dyer, Kristina Serratto, Nathan Riley, Michael Donovan, Todd Ditmire

     
     

    "Numerical Simulation of Radiation Spectra from Low Luminosity Black Holes." American Astronomical Society Winter Meeting, Seattle WA. (01/11/11) With Guy Hilburn

     
     

    "Preliminary Results of the Rice - UT Petawatt Laser Experiments." APS- Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City Utah. (11/15/11) With Team members of the Rice - UT Collaboration

     
     

    "Kinetic Dissipation of Intense Poynting Flux and the Sigma Problem 

     

     

     ." Mini-Conference on Momentum Transport in Plasmas, APS-DPP Annual Meeting, Chicago IL. (November 11 2010)

     
     

    "Kinetic Dissipation of Pulsar Equatorial Stripe Wind And Particle Energization

     ." AAS Summer Meeting, Miami FL. (May 26, 2010)

     
     

    "Laser Compton Cooling of Relativistic e+ and e- Plasmas and Beams

     ." APS-DPP Annual Meeting, Chicago IL. (November 8, 2010)

     
     

    "Scaling studies of Pair Production by ultraintense lasers." APS-DPP annual meeting, Atlanta, GA. (November 4, 2009)

     
     

    "Magnetic Turbulence Cascade and Electron Heating in Relativistic Plasmas." AAS Winter Meeting, Austin Texas. (1/10/2008) With G. Hilburn, S. Liu, H. Li

     
     

    "Magnetic Turbulence Cascade and Electron Heating in Relativistic Plasmas." APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting, Dallas TX. (11/21/2008) With G. Hilburn, S. Liu, H. Li

     
     

    "Particle energization and radiation in magnetized black hole accretion." APS Spring 2008 Meeting, St. Louis, MO. (4/13/2008) With G. Hilburn, S. Liu, H. Li, C. Gammie

     
     

    "Radiation and Particle Acceleration in Collisionless Shocks." APS/DPP Annual Meeting, Orlando FL. (November 11-15, 2007)

     
     

    "Radiation from Collisionless Shocks and Poynting Flux." GLAST Symposium, Stanford CA. (February 7, 2007) With Koichi Noguchi

     
     

    "PIC Simulations of Colliding Laser Pulses Accelerator (CLPA)." APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. (October 31 - November 3, 2006)

     
     

    Primary author.  "Acceleration of Overdense Plasmas using Colliding Laser Pulses." 47th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics of the APS, Denver CO. (October 24 - 28, 2005) With K. Noguchi and S. Wilks

     
     

    Primary author.  "Particle Acceleration via Electromagnetic Explosion and Gamma-Ray Bursts." American Astronomical Society Winter Meeting, San Diego CA. (January 13, 2005) With K. Noguchi

     
     

    "Particle Acceleration via Electromagnetic Expansion and Gamma-ray Bursts." High Energy Astrophysics Division Meeting, New Orleans, LA. (09/17/2004)

     
     

    "Sustained Acceleration of Plasma with Colliding Electromagnetic Pulses." APS DPP Meeting, Savannah, GA. (11/18/2004)

     
     Posters
     

    "Creation of Magnetized Jet Using a Hollow Ring of Laser Beams." Omega Laser User Group Meeting, LLE Rochester NY. (4/22/2015 ) With Lan Gao, Wen Fu

     
     

    "Creation of Magnetized Jet Using a Ring of Laser Beams." NIF User Group Meeting , LLNL Livermore CA. (2/10/2015 ) With Wen Fu, Lan Gao

     
     

    ""Ultra-intense gamma-rays created using the Texas petawatt laser." APS DPP Meeting, Denver CO. (11/15/2013) With Alexander Henderson, Pablo Yepes, Nathan Riley

     
     

    "Gamma-Ray Results of the 2012 Rice-UT Experiment from the Texas Petawatt Laser irradiating thick gold targets." APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting, Providence RI. (10/31/2012) With Alexander Henderson, Pablo Yepes, Petr Shagin, Nathan Riley, Gilliss Dyer

     
     

    "Gamma-ray Spectra and Angular Distributions from the 2011 Texas PetaWatt Laser Experiment." HEDLA 2012, Talllahassee, FL. (05/01/2012) With Alexander Henderson, Pablo Yepes, Petr Shagin, Gilliss Dyer, Nathan Riley

     
     

    "Hot Electron and Pair Production from the Texas PetaWatt Laser Irradiating Thick Gold Targets." HEDLA 2012, Tallahassee, FL. (05/02/2012) With Devin Taylor, Taylor Clarke, Petr Shagin, Alexander Henderson, Xin Wang, Gilliss Dyer, Kristina Serratto, Nathan Riley, Michael Donovan, Todd Ditmire

     
     

    "Relativistic Kinetic Shear Flow Models of Gamma-Ray Bursts." Fermi Symposium, Monterey, CA. (10/29/2012) With Dan Kocevski, Markus Boettcher, Ian Smith

     
     

    "PIC Simulations of Relativistic Shear Flow Boundary Layers." Fermi Symposium, Rome Italy. (05/11/11) With Markus Boettcher, Ian Smith

     
     

    "Inverse Compton Radiation from Poynting Jets as Model for GRB Emissons." GRB Afterglows in the Swift Era, Venice, Italy. (June 4 - 9, 2006) With Shinya Sugiyama

     
     

    "Particle Acceleration in Poynting Jets and Collisionless Shocks: Applications to GRB." AAS High Energy Astrophysics Divison Meeting, San Francisco. (October 4 - 7, 2006) With Koichi Noguchi, Shinya Sugiyama

     
     

    "Particle Acceleration via Expansion of Strongly Magnetized Cylinders and Torus." GRB Afterglows in the Swift Era, Venice, Italy. (June 4 - 9, 2006) With Koichi Noguchi

     
     

    Second author.  "Effects of Compton Scattering on Poynting Flux Accelerator." Gamma-ray Burst in the Swift Era Workshop, Washington DC. (November 29- December 2, 2005) With S. Sugiyama and K. Noguchi

     
     

    Second author.  "Interaction of Poynting Flux Accelerator with Ambient Media." Gamma-ray Burst in the Swift Era Workshop, Washington DC. (November 29- December 2, 2005) With K. Noguchi and S. Sugiyama

     
     

    Primary author.  "Particle Acceleration by Electromagnetic Dominated Outflows and Gamma-ray Bursts." Gamma-ray Burst in the Swift Era Workshop, Washington DC. (November 29- December 2, 2005) With K. Noguchi and S. Sugiyama

     
     

    Second author.  "Three-dimensional Relativistic Particle Acceleration by Mangetic Cylinder and Torus." 47th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics of the APS, Denver CO. (November 29- December 2, 2005) With K. Noguchi and S. Wilks

     
     Seminar Speaker
     

    ""Research Projects and Opportunities "." Rice University. (3/7/2014)

     
     

    ""Relativistic Plasmas in Astrophysics and in the Laboratory"." Department of Physics & Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX. (11/12/2013)

     
     

    "PIC Simulations of Relativistic Shear Flows and Applications to Blazars and Gamma-Ray Bursts." Physics And Astronomy Department AU Seminar Series, Rice University. (09/05/2012) With Markus Boettcher, Ian Smith

     
     

    "Preliminary Results of the Rice-UT 2012 Positron and Gamma-Ray Creation Experiment using the Texas PetaWatt Laser." Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM. (08/08/2012) With Devin Taylor et al

     
     

    "Antimatter Creation using Ultra-Intense Lasers." Rice University, Houston, TX. (12/3/2008)

     
     

    "Pair Production using Ultra-Intense Lasers." Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM. (6/16/2008)

     
     

    "Collisionless Particle Acceleration by Electromagnetic Expansion." Rice Particle and Fields Seminar, Rice University. (September 17, 2007)

     
     

    "PIC Simulations of Particle Acceleration and Radiation from Poynting Jets and Collisionless Shocks." Astronomy Unit Seminar, Rice University, Houston, TX. (November 15, 2006) With Koichi Noguchi

     
     Session Chair
     

    "Relativistic, Pair Dominated and Strongly Magnetized Plasmas." Workshop on Plasma Astrophysics, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. (January 18 2010)

     
     

    "Overview of Plasma Astrophysics in a Laboratory Setting." Plasma Astrophysics Working Group Meeting, Rice University. (May 12 -15. 2007)

     
     Workshops
     

    "Plasma Astrophysics Workshop." Plasma Astrophysics Working Group Meeting, Rice University. (May 13-15, 2007)

     
    Supervised Theses & Dissertations
     Dan Kocevski, PhD The Investigation of Intrinsic Spectral and Temporal Properties of Gamma-Ray Bursts. (2006) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)

     Shinya Sugiyama, PhD Inverse Compton Emission of Poynting Jets and Gamma-Ray Bursts. (2007) (Co-Director)

     Orestes Hastings, BS in Physics 3D PIC Simulations of Weibel Instability. (2007) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)

     Orestes Hastings, BS Three Dimensional Particle-in-Cell Plasma Simulations. (2007) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)

     Guy Hilburn, MS Monte Carlo Simulation of Radiation from Sgr A* . (2009) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)

     Guy Hilburn, PhD General Relativistic MHD and Monte Carlo Simulations of Radiation from Low Luminosity Black Holes. (2012) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)

     Devin Taylor, BS Hot electron and pair production from the texas petawatt laser irradiating thick gold targets. (2012) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)

     Guy Hilburn, PhD Monte Carlo Radiation Modeling of Low Luminosity Black Holes. (2012) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)

     Taylor Clarke, B.S. Positron Creation using ultra-intense lasers. (2013) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)

     Taylor Clarke, BS Positron Creation using ultra-intense lasers. (2013) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)

     Alexander Henderson, PhD Positron Creation using Ultra-intense Lasers. (2014) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)

     Alexander Henderson, PhD Gamma-Ray Creation using ultra-intense lasers. (2014) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)

     Alexander Henderson, PhD Monte-Carlo Simulation and Measurements of Electrons, Positrons, and Gamma-rays Generated by Laser-Solid Interactions. (2015) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)

     Alexander Henderson, PhD Gamma-Ray Creation using ultra-intense lasers. (2015) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)

     Wilie Lo, BS Gamma-Ray Measurements in Ultra-intense Laser Experiments. (2016) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)

     Tilak Dhakal, PhD Molecular Dynamics Models of Computational Fluid Mechanics. (2016) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)

     Tilak Dhakal, PhD Material Point Approach and Molecular Dynamics in Computational Fluid Mechanics. (2017) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)

    Awards, Prizes, & Fellowships
     Superior Faculty Associate Award, Hanszen College (April 2013)

     Antimatter Creation using the Texas PetaWatt Laser, Faculty Initiative Fund (July 1 2009)

     Faculty Scholar Summer Fellowship, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (July 1 - August 24, 2008)

     Faculty Initiative Fund Award, Rice University (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2)

     LLNL Sabbatical Award, LLNL, University of California (3/15/2004)

     Lawerence Livermore Sabbatical Program Award, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Fall 2003)

     Chairman of the Topical Group on Plasma Astrophysics of the American Physical Society for 2002-2003, (11/14/02)

     Peer Review Panel Co-Chair, Chandra Obsevatory Cycle 3, NASA (June 2001)

     Chair-Elect, Topical Group in Plasma Astrophysics, American Physical Society (November 2001)

     Chair of NSF Review Panel in Astronomy, NSF (February 2000)

     President-Elect, Topical Group in Plasma Astrophysics, American Physical Society (Effective November, 2000)

     Chair of Organizing Committee, 3rd International Conference on Laboratory Astrophysics with Ultra Intense Lasers, (March, 2000)

     Chair of the Laser Astrophysics Working Group, Panel on High Energy Astronomy and Astrophysics from Space, NAS Decadal Survey Committee (January - June 1999)

     Invited Keynote Speaker at the US Air Force AMOS Techical Conference, US Air Force (September, 1999)

     Chair of NASA Review Panel on CGRO Guest Investigator Program, NASA (August 1999)

     Co-Organizer of the 3rd International Conference on Laboratory Astrophysics with Intense Lasers, (1999 - 2000)

     Chair of NASA Review Panel on the Interdisciplinary Science Program for the GLAST Mission, NASA (December 1999)

    Positions Held
     Participating Faculty Guest, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. (2015 - 2016)