Matter behaves very differently at extreme temperatures and pressures. Although extreme matter doesn鈥檛 exist naturally on the earth, it鈥檚 very common in the universe, especially in the deep interiors of planets and stars. Understanding how atoms react under high-pressure conditions鈥攁 field known as high-energy-density physics (HEDP)鈥攃an lead to the creation of new materials and give scientists valuable insights into the fields of astrophysics, energy, and national security.
Recognizing the importance of high-energy-density science, the recently in high-energy-density physics to be awarded a total of $3.5 million. Three of the eight awards were given to researchers at the 人妻少妇专区.
鈥淭he recent notification of the awards in high-energy-density physics demonstrates the quality and impact of research at the University and the Laser Lab,鈥� says Michael Campbell, director of Rochester鈥檚 (LLE). 鈥淗EDP is a growing and important field of research and the 人妻少妇专区 is a recognized world leader. We are grateful to the Department of Energy for selecting these outstanding proposals.鈥�
The three projects were awarded to researchers at the LLE and the 人妻少妇专区 .
–, an assistant professor of physics, received $500,000 for his project, 鈥淗ow Do Magnetized HED Flows Transition to Collimated Plasma Jets?鈥�
–, a professor of physics and astronomy, received $740,000 for his project, 鈥淭he Radiative Magneto-Hydrodynamics of Colliding Flow: Instabilities, Reconnection and Exoplanet Atmosphere Connections.鈥�
–, a scientist at the LLE, received $650,000 for his project, 鈥淗igh Energy Density Magnetized Shock Physics and Convergent Flows.鈥�
The University is well poised to make major contributions to the field of HEDP. The LLE, for example, is the largest university-based DOE research program in the nation and is home to the OMEGA and OMEGA EP lasers, the most powerful laser systems found at any academic institution in the world. The LLE additionally operates the National Laser Users鈥� Facility, which allows researchers from all over the world to probe the extremes of temperature and pressure in laboratory-scale experiments.
Rochester also recently received聽a $4 million grant from the Quantum Information Science Research for Fusion Energy Sciences (QIS) program within the The grant will be used to better understand and apply the quantum (subatomic) phenomena that cause materials to be transformed at pressures more than a million鈥攅ven a billion鈥攖imes the atmospheric pressure on Earth.
