The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $596,618 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (CFDA 81.112 Stewardship Science Grant Program) to conduct research on predicting the quantitative systematic relationships between photon jets and laser and plasma control parameters. The three-year project, which commenced on October 1, 2024, will investigate the interactions between laser intensity, target density, laser incidence angle, and preplasma length scale to improve understanding of these phenomena. The Stewardship Science Grant Program supports fundamental academic research relevant to maintaining the safety, security, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, with a focus on areas such as materials properties under extreme conditions, low energy nuclear science, and radiochemistry.
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