High Energy Density Summer School -Foundations of High Energy Density Physics
*NEXT AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITY IN 2026*
VIRTUAL: Dates TBD
IN PERSON: Dates TBD
This course provides an in-depth introduction to the field by a number of experienced professors and researchers. The lectures will be based primarily on the book: High-Energy-Density Physics, authored by Prof. R.Paul Drake.
The course is aimed at graduate students, as well as new and experienced scientists who are just entering high-energy-density physics. Both the book and the lectures assume familiarity with partial differential vector calculus. Beside participating in the courses, those who sign up for in-person will also be introduced to the new ZEUS facility at the University of Michigan.
In an effort to promote the spread of broad, fundamental knowledge in this field, there is the possibility of a high-level, virtual component that would precede the in-person component in Ann Arbor.
Topics to be covered include:
- Fundamental Equations and Equations of State
- Shocks, Rarefactions, and their Interactions
- Hydrodynamic Instabilities
- Radiative Transfer
- Radiation Hydrodynamics
- Creating High-Energy-Density Conditions
- Inertial Fusion
- Experimental Astrophysics
- Relativistic Systems
- Magnetohydrodynamics
Sponsored by The Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Agency and by the Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan.