* Astronomy

On the Road to Fusion Energy, an Accelerator to Study Warm Dense Matter
The evolution of NDCX-II

Warm dense matter exists not only in the interiors of gas giant planets but in other high-temperature, high-pressure regimes as well in a just-triggered nuclear bomb, for example, or when a fuel capsule in an inertial fusion experiment starts to implode.
Given that the field of warm dense matter ranges from fundamental astrophysics to practical power production, physicists are eager to study it in the laboratory. Berkeley Labs Accelerator and Fusion Research Division (AFRD) is building a specialised user facility so scientists can do just that.
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