Study of High-Energy-Density Plasmas:
Collaboration with:
Cornell Univ. , Princeton Univ. , Sandia National Laboratories , Naval Research Laboratory, University of Jena in Germany , HZDR Institute-Dresden , Michigan State Univ. , Univ. of CA in San Diego , LLNL- NIF facility
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 investigating matter under extreme conditions.
Development of measurements of high spectral , spatial , and temporal resolutions.
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).
Line shape computations in hot and dense plasmas
Measurements of ion temperature and turbulence in current driven and radiation driven plasmas
Measurements of magnetic fields in current driven implosions and in laser-matter interaction experiments
High-Power-Laser matter interaction:
Collaboration with:
University of Jena and HZDR-Dresden in Germany , LLNL - National Ignition facility, Sandia National Laboratories.
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).
Analysis of x-ray data from NIF
