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Laboratory Basic Science (LBS) Program

The Omega Laser Facility is maintained and operated by LLE for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The NNSA-supported and merit-based LBS Program, established in 2008, provides access to the Omega Laser Facility for basic research in high-energy-density (HED) science led by researchers from participating laboratories in the NNSA Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) Program (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Naval Research Laboratory, and LLE) and the DOE Office of Science laboratories including Ames Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.

LBS projects are selected through an annual call for proposal and review process administered by LLE. Proposals are reviewed and ranked according to their scientific merit, executability, and broad impact by an independent proposal review panel (PRP) consisting of 10 to 15 subject matter experts from universities, industry, and government laboratories. [Note: The facility and experimental support team at LLE conducts experimental feasibility and executability assessment, which is provided to the PRP.]

Principal investigators (PI’s) of the LBS projects must comply with PI requirements as described in the Omega Laser Facility Organization and Regulation Manual (LFORM) Instruction 3000, and are required to submit a summary report of the experiments at end of each fiscal year.

Research findings from the LBS experiments are expected to be broadly disseminated, including journal publications. LBS users must include an acknowledgment of the LBS user program and federal support as well as a disclaimer in the publication based on or developed under the LBS project. Publications must also go through LLE’s Review and Release procedure to be documented prior to submission and should be submitted through LLE’s Publications ticketing system (for LLE PIs and coauthors) at https://urlle.lle.rochester.edu/index.php/resources/publications-and-design-support/ or forwarded to the NLUF Program Manager for projects without an LLE coauthor.

Acknowledgment for LBS user program support:

“The experiment was conducted at the Omega Laser Facility with the beam time through the Laboratory Basic Science user program. This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy [National Nuclear Security Administration] University of Rochester “National Inertial Confinement Fusion Program” under Award Number(s) DE-NA0004144.”

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“This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof.”

2023 Awarded FY24 LBS Projects

Point of Contact: Dr. Mingsheng Wei

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