Laser beam interactions with plasma are at the forefront of contemporary high-energy density physics, offering transformative potential in areas ranging from inertial confinement fusion to advanced ...
Laser-plasma interactions represent a cornerstone of high-energy-density physics, where intense laser pulses interact with solid or gaseous targets to generate plasmas. This process underpins the ...
A new 3D particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation tool developed by researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and CEA Saclay is enabling cutting-edge simulations of laser/plasma coupling ...
Scientists have directly demonstrated for the first time how laser beams modify the conditions of a plasma, addressing one of the challenges in the longstanding quest to achieve fusion. New research ...
Researchers have demonstrated that intense laser fields, particularly at low frequencies, can significantly enhance nuclear ...
Physicists are teasing a potential leap in nuclear fusion that sounds almost absurd on its face: a path to reactions that are ...
For the first time, scientists have 'photographed' a rare plasma instability, where high-energy electron beams form into spaghetti-like filaments. A new study, published in Physical Review Letters, ...
When light pulses from an extremely powerful laser system are fired onto material samples, the electric field of the light rips the electrons off the atomic nuclei. A plasma is created. The electrons ...
A team of researchers has identified a mechanism that could lower the extreme temperature ...
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Six high-energy laser researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and a seventh from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) have won the American Physical Society’s 2012 John Dawson ...
There are many opportunities for graduate student research in computational physics of plasmas and beams, including the study of nanoscale vacuum channel transistors, the study of the formation of ...