Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory



The 2023 selection of 11 Discovery Science projects spans astrophysics, planetary science, nuclear science, and high-energy particle generation.

Ionization in Dense Plasmas
Roger Falcone,
UC Berkeley
Turbulent Formation of Stars
Seth Davidovits,
LLNL
S-Process Nuclei in a Plasma Environment
Brian Applelbe,
Imperial College
Iron Photoionized Plasmas Relevant to Accretion Disks
Roberto Mancini
Univ. of Nevada, Reno
Ultra-Bright MeV Photon Sources
Fabrizio Consoli
ENEA - Centro
Ricerche Frascati
Ultra-High Power Beam Generation
Patrick Poole,
LLNL
Enhanced Proton Isochoric Heating Platform
Raspberry Simpson,
LLNL
Advancing Atomic Physics at Gbar Pressure
Tilo Doeppner,
LLNL
Particle Acceleration in Quasi-Perpendicular Collisionless Shocks
Frederico Fiuza,
University of Lisbon
Pressure-Induced Phase Transformations of SiO2
Michelle Marshall
LLE
High-Brilliance Gamma-Ray Sources
Nuno Lemos,
LLNL