Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) has existed as a field of study since the 1970s, but the field
was born out of the Cold War. In the decades since the 1960s, pioneering research …

For more than half a century, researchers around the world have been engaged in attempts
to achieve fusion ignition as a proof of principle of various fusion concepts. Following the …

Dynamic-compression experiments on geological materials are important for understanding
the composition and physical state of the deep interior of the Earth and other planets. These …

Carbon is the fourth-most prevalent element in the Universe and essential for all known life.
In the elemental form it is found in multiple allotropes, including graphite, diamond and …

Warm dense matter (WDM)—an exotic state of highly compressed matter—has attracted
increased interest in recent years in astrophysics and for dense laboratory systems. At the …

Matter at extreme temperatures and pressures—commonly known as warm dense matter
(WDM)—is ubiquitous throughout our Universe and occurs in astrophysical objects such as …

White dwarfs represent the final state of evolution for most stars,–. Certain classes of white
dwarfs pulsate,, leading to observable brightness variations, and analysis of these variations …

The effects of hydrocarbon reactions and diamond precipitation on the internal structure and
evolution of icy giant planets such as Neptune and Uranus have been discussed for more …

The shock-induced transition from graphite to diamond has been of great scientific and
technological interest since the discovery of microscopic diamonds in remnants of …

Elastic stability criteria are widely employed to prove the being of the lattice. Sin'ko and
Smirnov have reported the applicable criteria under isotropic pressure and given the …