Roadmap for warm dense matter physics
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This roadmap presents the state-of-the-art, current challenges and near future developments anticipated in the thriving field of warm dense matter (WDM) physics. Originating from strongly coupled plasma physics, high pressure physics and high energy density science, the WDM physics community has recently taken a giant leap forward. This is due to spectacular developments in laser technology, diagnostic capabilities, and computer simulation techniques. Only in the last decade has it become possible to perform accurate enough simulations & experiments to truly verify theoretical results as well as to reliably design experiments based on predictions. Consequently, this roadmap discusses recent developments of and contemporary challenges for theoretical methods and experimental techniques needed to describe, create and diagnose WDM. A large part of this roadmap is dedicated to specific WDM systems and applications in astrophysics, inertial confinement fusion and novel material synthesis.
Authors: Jan Vorberger, Frank Graziani, David Riley, Andrew D Baczewski, Isabelle Baraffe, Mandy Bethkenhagen, Simon Blouin, Maximilian P Böhme, Michael Bonitz, Michael Bussmann, Alexis Casner, Witold Cayzac, Peter Celliers, Gilles Chabrier, Nicolas Chamel, Dave Chapman, Mohan Chen, Jean Clérouin, Gilbert Collins, Federica Coppari, Tilo Döppner, Tobias Dornheim, Luke B Fletcher, Dirk O Gericke, Siegfried Glenzer, Alexander F Goncharov, Gianluca Gregori, Sebastien Hamel, Stephanie B Hansen, Nicholas J Hartley, Suxing Hu, Omar A Hurricane, Valentin V Karasiev, Joshua J Kas, Brendan Kettle, Thomas Kluge, Marcus D Knudson, Alina Kononov, Zuzana Konôpková, Dominik Kraus, Andrea Kritcher, Sophia Malko, Gérard Massacrier, Burkhard Militzer, Zhandos A Moldabekov, Michael S Murillo, Bob Nagler, Nadine Nettelmann, Paul Neumayer, Benjamin K Ofori-Okai, Ivan I Oleynik, Martin Preising, Aurora Pribram-Jones, Tlekkabul Ramazanov, Alessandra Ravasio, Ronald Redmer, Baerbel Rethfeld, Alex P L Robinson, Gerd Röpke, François Soubiran, Charles E Starrett, Gerd Steinle-Neumann, Phillip A Sterne, Shigenori Tanaka, Aidan P Thompson, Samuel B Trickey, Tommaso Vinci, Sam M Vinko, Lei Wang, Alexander J White, Thomas G White, Ulf Zastrau, Eva Zurek, Panagiotis Tolias
Institutions: Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Queen's University Belfast, Sandia National Laboratories California, Sandia National Laboratories, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, University of Exeter, École Polytechnique, Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, University of Victoria, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA DAM Île-de-France, Université Libre de Bruxelles, First Light Fusion, Peking University, University of Rochester, Center for Advanced Systems Understanding, Stanford University, University of Warwick, Carnegie Institution for Science, University of Oxford, University of Washington, Imperial College London, European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon, University of California System, Michigan State University, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, University of South Florida, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of Bayreuth, Kobe University, University of Florida, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,325
Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, University of Rochester, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Laserlab-Europe, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, European Commission, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Grand Équipement National De Calcul Intensif, Office of Science, National Nuclear Security Administration, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Division of Materials Research, Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Fusion Energy Sciences, Laboratory Directed Research and Development, Argonne National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, H2020 European Research Council, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
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INCLUDING THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND ANY PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS AT PRESSURES UP TO 600 GPA AND TEMPERATURES UP
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