Additional details about the workshop including the plenary schedule can be found at Z Fundamental Science Program Workshop.

Background

Over the last few years, our ability to drive matter to unprecedented pressure / temperature states has produced significant new insights across many fields, including material science, planetary science, astrophysics, fusion science, radiation science, and plasma physics. Sandia’s Z facility is the premier facility in the world in the area of pulsed-power science and has unique capabilities to deliver high-precision data at extreme conditions. The Z facility is available to the academic community for fundamental science experiments and calls for proposals were issued in 2010, 2015, and 2017. Projects were selected after facility- and scientific peer review. Close interactions with the international research community are crucial for continued success and improvements of the fundamental science program. The workshop is the tenth of a series of yearly workshops held on the topic of fundamental science in extreme environments.

Workshop Objectives

We are excited to return to an in-person Workshop this year! The 13th Fundamental Science with Pulsed Power: Research Opportunities and User Meeting will be held at the Hotel Andaluz in downtown Albuquerque on Tuesday August 2 through Friday August 5. The Z Fundamental Science Program and this Workshop continue to be an integral part of the work on Z, bringing fresh ideas and initiatives. Returning to an in-person format will greatly facilitate the goals and intent of the Workshop! We feel that it is important to offer both a user meeting component – for collaborative users to present the status of their research and to hear about the Z accelerator facility status and plans – and collaborative component – to provide an opportunity for current and prospective future collaborators to discuss research directions and ideas for new work on Z. Current collaborative research areas are Astrophysics, Planetary Science, Materials Physics, and Magnetized High Energy Density (HED) Science that is relevant to Magnetized Inertial Fusion (MagLIF). The conference will feature morning plenary talks followed by breakout sessions corresponding to each of the collaborative research areas.