A review on ab initio studies of static, transport, and optical properties of polystyrene under extreme conditions for inertial confinement fusion applications

SX Hu, LA Collins, TR Boehly, YH Ding, PB Radha… - Physics of …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Polystyrene (CH), commonly known as “plastic,” has been one of the widely used ablator
materials for capsule designs in inertial confinement fusion (ICF). Knowing its precise …

Dynamic and transient processes in warm dense matter

TG White, J Dai, D Riley - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In this paper, we discuss some of the key challenges in the study of time-dependent
processes and non-equilibrium behaviour in warm dense matter. We outline some of the …

Proton stopping measurements at low velocity in warm dense carbon

S Malko, W Cayzac, V Ospina-Bohorquez… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Ion stopping in warm dense matter is a process of fundamental importance for the
understanding of the properties of dense plasmas, the realization and the interpretation of …

Review of the first charged-particle transport coefficient comparison workshop

PE Grabowski, SB Hansen, MS Murillo… - High Energy Density …, 2020 - Elsevier
We present the results of the first Charged-Particle Transport Coefficient Code Comparison
Workshop, which was held in Albuquerque, NM October 4–6, 2016. In this first workshop …

Ion acceleration: TNSA and beyond

M Borghesi - Laser-Driven Sources of High Energy Particles and …, 2019 - Springer
This paper reviews experimental progress in laser-driven ion acceleration as well as
discussing some of the current and foreseen applications employing laser-accelerated …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal transport by electrons and ions in warm dense aluminum: A combined density functional theory and deep potential study

Q Liu, J Li, M Chen - Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We propose an efficient scheme that combines density functional theory (DFT) with deep
potentials (DPs), to systematically study convergence issues in the computation of the …

[HTML][HTML] Observations of non-linear plasmon damping in dense plasmas

BBL Witte, P Sperling, M French, V Recoules… - Physics of …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
We present simulations using finite-temperature density-functional-theory molecular-
dynamics to calculate dynamic dielectric properties in warm dense aluminum. The …

Testing thermal conductivity models with equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of the one-component plasma

B Scheiner, SD Baalrud - Physical Review E, 2019 - APS
Equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations are used to calculate the thermal conductivity of
the one-component plasma via the Green-Kubo formalism over a broad range of Coulomb …

Enhancing laser beam performance by interfering intense laser beamlets

A Morace, N Iwata, Y Sentoku, K Mima… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Increasing the laser energy absorption into energetic particle beams represents a
longstanding quest in intense laser-plasma physics. During the interaction with matter, part …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing ab initio and quantum-kinetic approaches to electron transport in warm dense matter

NR Shaffer, SX Hu, VV Karasiev, KA Nichols… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Accurate knowledge of the electronic transport properties of warm dense matter is one of the
main concerns of research in high-energy-density physics. Three modern approaches with …