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