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Jhonnatan Gama Vazquez won 1st place for his poster "Field-particle correlation analysis in PIC simulations of laser-matter interactions"  

Shock experiments are widely used to understand the mechanical and electronic properties of matter under extreme conditions. Our results suggest that a significant portion of the total shock energy delivered by lasers becomes heat due to defect-facilitated plastic work.

The University of Rostock and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, both strong collaborators of SLAC's HEDS division, have signed an MOU to establish a new High Energy Density Institute, taking advantage of the current interest in fusion-relevant research.

An X-ray imaging technique revealed that copper nanofoams similar to those used in inertial fusion experiments aren't as uniform as expected.

Four members of the HEDS divsion won awards for their posters at the recent LaserNetUS Meeting in Austin, Texas The winners were: Megan Ikeya - Determining the Electrical Conductivity of Warm Dense Nickel Using Single-Shot Terahertz Spectroscopy Rebeca Toro Garza - Warm Dense Copper conductivity measurements using single-shot THz Willow Martin - X-Ray Radiography for Equation of State Measurements at the National Ignition Facility Eric Sung - Probing the conductivity of...

The Lev D. Landau and Lyman Spitzer Jr. Award for Outstanding Contributions to Plasma Physics is given to researchers for outstanding contributions in plasma physics and for advancing the collaboration between Europe and the US. This group was recognised for the critical advancement in the understanding of the particle acceleration physics in astrophysically-relevant shocks through theoretical analysis and experiments at the National Ignition Facility.

  Professor Frederico Fiúza joined the HEDS Division as a Visiting Professor as of May 1st. He was previously the Division's Theory Group Leader, before leaving to take up his current post the University of Lisbon. As a Visiting Professor, he will be continuing his work on kinetic simulations to understand laser-plasma interactions, particle acceleration, and more.

Pablo San Miguel Claveria has been accepted for funding with an ERA fellowship under the Horizon TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program to study filamentation instabilities excited in laser-solid interactions based on the recent results obtained at the MEC station, based at IST in Lisbon with HEDS alum Professor Federico Fiuza.  

  Scientists from the DOE's Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) hubs met to discuss strategies and opportunities for collaboration in developing fusion as an energy source in the US. Our division is co-leading the RISE hub, along with Colorado State University.