Virtual Pressroom 2009

Major achievements in plasma research this year include 

• Start of operations at the National Ignition Facility
• Laser-based fusion experiment at Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• Significant performance improvements in magnetically confined fusion experiments around the world
• New approaches in computer simulation and theory that dramatically reduce the time needed for particular calculations related to the acceleration of electrons in plasma arising from the interaction of the plasma with an intense laser or intense electron beam
• Generation of energetic heavy particles from the interaction of an intense laser with specially shaped targets

Highlights & Press Releases