Since October of 2003, the High Energy Density
Physics (HEDP) Group at UC San Diego has been
pursuing research on inertial confinement fusion
(ICF), fast ignition, laser matter interactions,
wire array z-pinches, x-pinches and neutron sources.
The group has a strong simulation component and has
access to Particle-in-Cell (PIC) (LSP and Osiris),
radiation-hydrodynamic (H2D), and 3D resistive
Magneto-Hydrodynamic (MHD) codes. These codes are
used to design and interpret experiments carried out
both at National Laboratories and other user
facilities, and also in the HEDP laboratory at UCSD.
Our Group is led by Farhat Beg, a professor in UCSD's MAE Department & the Director of the Center for Energy Research.
MEET THE PIThe High Energy Density Physics Group is based in UC San Diego's Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department.
MAE at UCSDWe are a member of the Center for Energy Research, one of the largest organized research units at UC San Diego.
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The Center for Matter Under Extreme Conditions received $12.5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to maintain one of nine national centers for excellence at UC San Diego. The funds support advancing one of the most complex areas of science while training the next generation of high-energy density scientists.
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The study "Experimental and theoretical comparison of ion properties from nanosecond laser-produced plasmas of metal targets", explores the processes occurring within a laser produced plasma through experimental measurements of ion properties and analytical modeling. This work was supported by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
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The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is awarding nearly $30 million over five years to establish the Materials Science in Extreme Environments University Research Alliance (MSEE URA), a center directed by Tim Weihs of Johns Hopkins University. The alliance of 18 institutions includes four permanent universities, each with a technical expert who will work collaboratively with Weihs to manage the consortium. Among these experts, CER's Farhat Beg will serve as a lead in photon-material interactions.
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The HEDP group performs computer simulations and experiments at cutting edge laser facilities around the world, in order to study interactions of ultraintense lasers with solid and warm dense targets.
