High-Energy-Density Science

Project Highlights

 
FY2022

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Project Title Project Code Principal Investigator Project Type Project Status
Pulsed-Plasma Sputter Deposition of Diamond-Like Carbon Ablators 22-FS-027 Alison Engwall Feasibility Study Final
Finite Temperature Structure Prediction 22-FS-014 Stanimir Bonev Feasibility Study Continuing
A New Data-Driven Standard Solar Model 22-ERD-048 John Ruby Exploratory Research Continuing
Breaking Beams: A Kinetic Treatment of the Filamentation and Forward Scatter of Laser Beams in Plasma 22-ERD-042 Thomas Chapman Exploratory Research Continuing
A Kinetic Transport Model for Magnetized Radiation-Hydrodynamics 22-ERD-034 Mark Sherlock Exploratory Research Continuing
Extending Equation-of-State Measurements to Gigabar Pressures 22-ERD-005 Michael Macdonald Exploratory Research Continuing
Shock Ignition in Indirect Drive: A New Approach to High Fusion Gains 22-DR-010 Lindsay Perkins Disruptive Research Continuing
Inferring Heat Flow in Laser Absorption Regions using Diagnostic Magnetic Fields 21-FS-051 Christopher Walsh Feasibility Study Final
Simulation of High-Energy-Density Plasmas Using a Novel, Fully-Implicit, Particle-in-Cell/Monte-Carlo Algorithm 21-FS-048 Justin Angus Feasibility Study Final
Dopants for High Density Carbon 21-ERD-048 Tom Braun Exploratory Research Continuing
Foam Fills for Laser-Plasma Instability Suppression 21-ERD-041 Peter Amendt Exploratory Research Continuing
Investigating the Relationship Between Microstructure and Dynamic Response Using X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers 21-ERD-032 Jon Eggert Exploratory Research Continuing
Measurement of Mutual Diffusion in Warm Dense Matter 21-ERD-029 Tilo Doeppner Exploratory Research Continuing
Driving Design with Cognitive Simulation 21-ERD-028 Jayson Peterson Exploratory Research Continuing
High-Repetition-Rate Diagnostics with Integrated Active Control for a New Paradigm of High-Energy-Density Experiments 21-ERD-015 Graeme Scott Exploratory Research Continuing
Exploring a Novel Way to Mitigate Surface Damage in Tokamaks 21-ERD-009 Michael Campanell Exploratory Research Continuing
Interatomic Potentials: A Framework for Generating Quantum-Accurate Material Models 21-ERD-005 Amit Samanta Exploratory Research Continuing
Magnetically Assisted Ignition 20-SI-002 John Moody Strategic Initiative Final
Behavior and Utility of Flow or Turbulence in Compressing Plasma 20-ERD-058 Seth Davidovits Exploratory Research Final
Tailored Particle Sources Driven by Precision-Shaped Short-Pulse Laser Pulses 20-ERD-048 Derek Mariscal Exploratory Research Final