Third User Workshop on High-Power Lasers at the Linac Coherent Light Source

On October 5–6, 2015, the third international user workshop focusing on high-power lasers at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) was held in Menlo Park, CA, USA 1 R. Falcone, S. Glenzer, and S. Hau-Riege, Synchrotron Radiation News 27(2), 56–58 (2014).Taylor &; Francis Online] , Google Scholar], 2 P. Heimann and S. Glenzer, Synchrotron Radiation News 28(3), 54–56 (2015).Taylor &; Francis Online] , Google Scholar]]. The workshop was co-organized by Los Alamos National Laboratory and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. More than 110 scientists attended from North America, Europe, and Asia to discuss high-energy-density (HED) science that is enabled by the unique combination of high-power lasers with the LCLS X-rays at the LCLS-Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) endstation.