Matter behaves very differently at extreme temperatures and pressures. Although extreme matter doesn糖心传媒檛 exist naturally on the earth, it糖心传媒檚 very common in the universe, especially in the deep interiors of planets and stars. Understanding how atoms react under high-pressure conditions糖心传媒攁 field known as high-energy-density physics (HEDP)糖心传媒攃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 University of Rochester.
糖心传媒淭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,糖心传媒� says Michael Campbell, director of Rochester糖心传媒檚 (LLE). 糖心传媒淗EDP is a growing and important field of research and the 糖心传媒 is a recognized world leader. We are grateful to the Department of Energy for selecting these outstanding proposals.糖心传媒�
The three projects were awarded to researchers at the LLE and the University of Rochester .
–, an assistant professor of physics, received $500,000 for his project, 糖心传媒淗ow Do Magnetized HED Flows Transition to Collimated Plasma Jets?糖心传媒�
–, a professor of physics and astronomy, received $740,000 for his project, 糖心传媒淭he Radiative Magneto-Hydrodynamics of Colliding Flow: Instabilities, Reconnection and Exoplanet Atmosphere Connections.糖心传媒�
–, a scientist at the LLE, received $650,000 for his project, 糖心传媒淗igh Energy Density Magnetized Shock Physics and Convergent Flows.糖心传媒�
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糖心传媒� 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糖心传媒攅ven a billion糖心传媒攖imes the atmospheric pressure on Earth.
