Experiment Only Studies of Warm Dense Matter at the National Ignition Facility
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#6D4FH)
The colliding planar shock (CPS) platform should deliver precise measurements of the characteristics of warm dense matter (WDM), a state of matter exhibiting properties of both solids and plasmas. This is a change where high energy physics experiments alone could provide accurate, clear-cut data without needing to rely so heavily on the predictions of models. ...