plasma temperature is dominant

vastly unknown particle correlation is important.

the transition region from "normal" matter to plasma

What is the state of matter inside What is the state of matter inside stars and planets?stars and planets?

Plasma physics at highest densitiesPlasma physics at highest densities

PlasmaPhysics@FAIR WDM

U Al-Farabi KazakhU Czech TechnicalU Ernst-Moritz-Arndt GreifswaldCERNVNIIEF

U Friedrich Schiller JenaIHED MoscowGSI Darmstadt IOFM ShanghaiILE OsakaITEP MoscowITMP Sarov

U Ludwigs Maximilian MünchenMPI HeidelbergMPQ GarchingMIPT Moscow MISDC MendeleevoONU OdessaPALS Prague

The Hedgehob and WDM Collaborations: >350 physicists, 48 institutions in 15 countries

U Princeton U BelfastSNL SandiaU DarmstadtTU MünchenU Tokio (TIT)

IPCP ChernogolovkaU Johann Wolfgang Goethe FrankfurtKAIST DaejeonKAERI DaejeonKERI Changwon

LULI ParisLBNL BerkeleyLLNL LivermoreLPI MoscowLOA PalaiseauLANL Los Alamos LPGP Orsay

UCLM Ciudad RealU Politecnica de ValenciaU ErlangenU RostockU BordeauxU de Provence Marseille

U MilanoU of NevadaWIS Revohot

Plasma in our universe

TechniqueExploring the equation of state of Warm Dense Matter (WDM)

If you can measure it: its NOT WDM

If you can compute it: its NOT WDM

Plasma - the fourth state of matter

In our universe, almost all (<99%) of the visible matter, including stars and interstellar medium are plasma. Most of the plasma is at low density and can be investigated easily. But the interior of stars, giant planets and also our earth are made of an exotic state of matter, ranging from solid state to dense hot plasma.

Interior of our sunHydrogen at pressures around 300 Mbar and temperatures of 14 million degrees cause atoms to fuse - the ultimate energy source of our galaxy. Can we harvest this source on earth?

Giant PlanetsWe have discovered more than hundred planets in other stellar systems. But we don't know how the planets (e.g. Jupiter and Saturn) are built and where the magnetic field comes from.

EarthWhat is the property of iron at pressures of Mbar and temperatures of thousands of degrees?

Why Heavy Ions? • We must deposit the energy faster than the matter can expand

• Lasers can only heat the surface• Heavy ions can heat large volumes

in short times homogeneously

• Low gradients and background radiation allows for precise measurement• Energy in the ion beam is precisely known• There is a high repetition rate

solid state density

solar corona

magnetic fusion

Lightnings

Jupiter

Sun(center)

inertial fusion

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