High-Energy-Density Science

Project Highlights

 
FY2023

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Project Title Project Code Principal Investigator Project Type Project Status
Pulsed-Plasma Deposition of Ultrathick Diamond-like Carbon Films on Nonplanar Surfaces 23-ERD-040 Alison Engwall Exploratory Research Continuing
Interatomic Potentials: A Framework for Generating Quantum-Accurate Material Models 21-ERD-005 Amit Samanta Exploratory Research Final
Optimal Uses of Magnetic Fields for Indirect-Drive Inertial Fusion 23-ERD-025 David Strozzi Exploratory Research Continuing
Data-Driven Atomic Physics with High Repetition Rate Experiments 23-ERD-035 Derek Mariscal Exploratory Research Continuing
Exploration of Directly Driven Liquid Deuterium-Tritium Wetted Foam Designs for Burning Plasma and High Neutron Yield Applications 23-FS-018 Gregory Kemp Feasibility Study Final
Driving Design with Cognitive Simulation 21-ERD-028 Jayson Peterson Exploratory Research Final
A New Data-Driven Standard Solar Model 22-ERD-048 John Ruby Exploratory Research Final
Investigating the Relationship Between Microstructure and Dynamic Response Using X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers 21-ERD-032 Jon Eggert Exploratory Research Continuing
Addressing Key Physics Problems in High-Energy-Density Plasmas with a Novel Kinetic Simulation Capability 23-ERD-007 Justin Angus Exploratory Research Continuing
Advanced Time-Resolved Neutron Time-of-Flight Diagnostics for Burning Plasmas 23-FS-038 Justin Jeet Feasibility Study Final
Bayesian Optimization of High-Intensity, Laser-Driven Particle Acceleration Integrating Experiments and Simulations 23-FS-001 Kelly Swanson Feasibility Study Final
Shock Ignition in Indirect Drive: A New Approach to High Fusion Gains 22-DR-010 Lindsay Perkins Disruptive Research Continuing
A Kinetic Transport Model for Magnetized Radiation-Hydrodynamics 22-ERD-034 Mark Sherlock Exploratory Research Continuing
High-Repetition-Rate Diagnostics with Integrated Active Control for a New Paradigm of High-Energy-Density Experiments 21-ERD-015 Matthew Hill Exploratory Research Final
Exploring a Novel Way to Mitigate Surface Damage in Tokamaks 21-ERD-009 Michael Campanell Exploratory Research Final
Extending Equation-of-State Measurements to Gigabar Pressures 22-ERD-005 Michael Macdonald Exploratory Research Continuing
High-Order General Discrete Ordinates Method Enabling Efficient Deterministic Transport in Hydrodynamic Simulations 23-ERD-026 Milan Holec Exploratory Research Continuing
Foam Fills for Laser-Plasma Instability Suppression 21-ERD-041 Peter Amendt Exploratory Research Final
Towards a More Predictive Framework for Laser-Driven Particle Sources through Experimental Data-Informed Machine Learning Models 23-ERD-047 Raspberry Simpson Exploratory Research Continuing
Plasma Transport at the Nexus of Measurement and Modeling 20-ERD-035 Robert Rudd Exploratory Research Final