BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:UW-Physics-TWaP BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:2 UID:UW-Physics-Event-4657 DTSTART:20171211T180000Z DTEND:20171211T190000Z DTSTAMP:20200809T031005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171108T214236Z LOCATION:Chamberlin 2241 SUMMARY:Exploring the universe through discovery science on NIF \, Pla sma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar\, Dr. Bruce A. Remington\, La wrence Livermore National Laboratory DESCRIPTION:New regimes of science are being experimentally studied at high energy density facilities around the world\, spanning drive ener gies from microjoules to megajoules\, and time scales from femtosecond s to microseconds. The ability to shock and ramp compress samples to v ery high pressures and densities allows new states of matter relevant to planetary and stellar interiors to be studied. Shock driven hydrody namic instabilities evolving into turbulent flows relevant to the dyna mics of exploding stars (such as supernovae)\, accreting compact objec ts (such as white dwarfs\, neutron stars\, and black holes)\, and plan etary formation dynamics (relevant to the exoplanets) are being probed . The dynamics of magnetized plasmas relevant to astrophysics\, both i n collisional and collisionless systems\, are starting to be studied. High temperature\, high velocity interacting flows are being probed fo r evidence of astrophysical collisionless shock formation\, the turbul ent magnetic dynamo effect\, magnetic reconnection\, and particle acce leration. And new results from thermonuclear reactions in hot dense pl asmas relevant to stellar and big bang nucleosynthesis are starting to emerge. A selection of examples providing a compelling vision for fro ntier science on NIF in the coming decade will be presented. URL: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR