##  [High-Energy-Density Science](/archives/ldrd-annual-2015/hed) 

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**[Generation and Characterization of Matter at Extreme Gigabar Pressures (13-ERD-073)](https://ldrd-annual.llnl.gov/archives/ldrd-annual-2015/hed/gigabar)**

**[Plasma Interactions with Mixed Materials and Impurity Transport (14-ERD-101)](https://ldrd-annual.llnl.gov/archives/ldrd-annual-2015/hed/plasma)**

**[Physical States and Processes in Inertial Confinement Fusion: Matter at Extreme Energy Density (14-SI-003)](https://ldrd-annual.llnl.gov/archives/ldrd-annual-2015/hed/states)**

**[Melting and Solidification in Multicomponent Materials: Constraints on the Search for Habitable Planets (15-ERD-012)](https://ldrd-annual.llnl.gov/archives/ldrd-annual-2015/hed/melting)**

**[Quantum Simulations for Strongly Correlated Materials with High Atomic Numbers (15-ERD-013)](https://ldrd-annual.llnl.gov/archives/ldrd-annual-2015/hed/quantum)**

**[X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Science for High-Energy-Density Experiments (15-ERD-026)](https://ldrd-annual.llnl.gov/archives/ldrd-annual-2015/hed/xray)**

**[Creation and Study of Ultrahigh-Energy-Density Matter Using Nanometer-Scale Structured Targets (15-ERD-054)](https://ldrd-annual.llnl.gov/archives/ldrd-annual-2015/hed/ultrahigh)**

**[Advanced Fusion Target-Capsule Concepts (15-ERD-058)](https://ldrd-annual.llnl.gov/archives/ldrd-annual-2015/hed/capsule)**

**[Coupling Monte Carlo Neutral and Fluid Plasma Models for Edge Simulation in Magnetic Fusion (15-ERD-059)](https://ldrd-annual.llnl.gov/archives/ldrd-annual-2015/hed/montecarlo)**

**[Collisionless Shock Formation in Laser-Generated Plasma Streams (15-ERD-065)](https://ldrd-annual.llnl.gov/archives/ldrd-annual-2015/hed/streams)**

**[Hydrogen Diffusion in Earth’s Upper Mantle (15-LW-067)](https://ldrd-annual.llnl.gov/archives/ldrd-annual-2015/hed/hydrogen)**

**[Particle Acceleration from Laser-Driven Collisionless Shocks (15-LW-095)](https://ldrd-annual.llnl.gov/archives/ldrd-annual-2015/hed/shocks)**