HED: Theory

Presentations

• Interpreting shock release studies of compounds using a forward VISAR model of molecular dynamics simulation

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 9:30 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 9:42 AM

  Publication: S. Zhang et al., Phys. Rev. Res. 4, 013126 (2022)

  Presenters

  • Daniel H Barnak

    • University of Rochester

  Authors

  • Daniel H Barnak

    • University of Rochester

  • Aarne Lees

    • University of Rochester

  • Shuai Zhang

    • University of Rochester

  • Riccardo Betti

    • University of Rochester

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• Understanding the Physics of Shock and Release in ICF Targets by Large-scale Molecular Dynamics Simulations

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 9:42 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 9:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Shuai Zhang

    • University of Rochester

  Authors

  • Shuai Zhang

    • University of Rochester

  • Justin X D'Souza

    • University of Rochester

  • Suxing Hu

    • University of Rochester

  • Daniel H Barnak

    • University of Rochester

  • Michelle C Marshall

    • University of Rochester

  • Valeri N Goncharov

    • University of Rochester

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• The MELIORA Project: Developing a finite-element based mixed-deterministic-stochastic density functional theory code for high-energy-density science applications

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 9:54 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 10:06 AM

  Presenters

  • Suxing Hu

    • University of Rochester

  Authors

  • Suxing Hu

    • University of Rochester

  • John Cappelletti

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

  • Nathaniel R Shaffer

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Deyan I Mihaylov

    • University of Rochester

  • Cody Reeth

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

  • Valentin V Karasiev

    • University of Rochester

  • Marcos Ibanez Matles

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

  • Katerina P Hilleke

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Alexander J White

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Lee A. Collins

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

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• MELIORA: A Finite-Element Mixed Stochastic-Deterministic Density Functional Theory Code for Accurate First-Principles Simulations of Warm Dense Matter

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 10:06 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 10:18 AM

  Presenters

  • Deyan I Mihaylov

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  Authors

  • Deyan I Mihaylov

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • John Cappelletti

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

  • Nathaniel R Shaffer

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Cody Reeth

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

  • Valentin V Karasiev

    • University of Rochester

  • Marcos Ibanez Matles

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

  • Katerina P Hilleke

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Suxing Hu

    • University of Rochester

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• A novel approach for accurate orbital-free density functional theory calculations

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 10:18 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 10:30 AM

  Publication: Pauli potential formalism at finite temperature, Phys. Rev. B 111, 235143 – Published 26 June, 2025

  Presenters

  • Rati Goshadze

    • University of Rochester

  Authors

  • Rati Goshadze

    • University of Rochester

  • Valentin V Karasiev

    • University of Rochester

  • Suxing Hu

    • University of Rochester

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• Application of Optimal Experimental Design to High-Energy-Density Physics

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 10:30 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 10:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Codie Yoshiko Fiedler Kawaguchi

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  Authors

  • Codie Yoshiko Fiedler Kawaguchi

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Eric Johnsen

    • University of Michigan

  • Xun Huan

    • University of Michigan

  • Alexander M Rasmus

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Elizabeth Catherine Merritt

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

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• Ab-initio study of early-stage carbon plasma formation from short-pulse laser irradiation

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 10:42 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 10:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Lei Chen

    • University of California, Merced

  Authors

  • Lei Chen

    • University of California, Merced

  • Tobias Zier

    • University of California, Merced

  • Uday Panta

    • University of California, Merced

  • David A Strubbe

    • University of California, Merced

  • Venkattraman Ayyaswamy

    • University of California, Merced

  • Aurora Pribram-Jones

    • University of California, Merced

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• Vortex ring ejection from shocked interfaces in high-energy-density flows

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 10:54 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 11:06 AM

  Presenters

  • Michael J Wadas

    • California Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Michael J Wadas

    • California Institute of Technology

  • Heath Joseph LeFevre

    • University of Michigan

  • Eric Johnsen

    • University of Michigan

  • Carolyn C Kuranz

    • University of Michigan
    • OCC

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• Expansion-driven self-magnetization of high-energy-density plasmas

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 11:06 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 11:18 AM

  Publication: K.V. Lezhnin et al., "Simulations of self-magnetization in expanding high-energy-density plasmas", arXiv:2503.15624

  Presenters

  • Kirill Lezhnin

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  Authors

  • Kirill Lezhnin

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • Samuel Richard Totorica

    • Princeton University

  • Jesse Griff-McMahon

    • Princeton University

  • Mikhail V. Medvedev

    • University of Kansas

  • Huws Y Landsberger

    • Princeton University

  • Ahmed Diallo

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • William Fox

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

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• Resistive Magnetohydrodynamic Modeling of the Double Cylinder Campaign on the Z-Machine using the Multiphysics Code FLAG

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 11:18 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 11:30 AM

  Presenters

  • Matthew James Carrier

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Matthew James Carrier

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Forrest W Doss

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Gabriel A Shipley

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Elizabeth Catherine Merritt

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • David A Yager-Elorriaga

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Mark Harry Hess

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Luke Shulenburger

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Abigail P Armstrong

    • University of Rochester

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• Computational modelling of the semi-classical quantum vacuum in 3D

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 11:30 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 11:42 AM

  Publication: Zixin Zhang et al., "Computational modelling of the semi-classical quantum vacuum in 3D" Comm. Phys. 224 (2025).

  Presenters

  • Zixin Zhang

  Authors

  • Zixin Zhang

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• A case study of scientific computing with limited precision numbers: applying rescaling and baseline shifting techniques to a spectral Vlasov–Maxwell code

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 11:42 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 11:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Chuang Ren

    • University of Rochester

  Authors

  • Chuang Ren

    • University of Rochester

  • Shihui Cao

    • University of Rochester

  • Sasanka Uditha Munasinghe

    • University of Rochester

  • Michael C Huang

    • University of Rochester

  • Hui Wu

    • UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

  • Qiang Lin

    • Rochester Institute of Technology

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• A critical review of theories to explain the consistent observation of filaments in laser ablated plasmas

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 11:54 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 12:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Jonathan R Davies

    • University of Rochester

  Authors

  • Jonathan R Davies

    • University of Rochester

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