Study of High-Energy-Density Plasmas:
Experimental platform: Z-pinch systems, with and without externally applied magnetic fields
Development of non-invasive spectroscopic diagnostic methods (from visible to x-rays) for matter under extreme conditions.
Design and build up of fast (ns) and ultra-fast (sub ns) spectroscopic systems.
Study of Instabilities and turbulence phenomena.
Radiation transport in non-equilibrium plasmas.
Conversion of electric and magnetic-field energy into particle kinetic energy and radiation.
Close collaboration with Universities and National laboratories in the US (Cornell, Sandia National Laboratory, National Ignition Facility, and Naval Research Labs).
High-Power-Laser matter interaction:
Warm dense matter (solid-state density with temperatures of the order of the Fermi energy) formed by intense laser-matter interaction.
Intense-laser-beam guiding by plasma channels.
Experiments are performed in major European facilities: Jena University and HZDR - Drezden (Germany), Ѐcole polytechnique - LULI (France).
