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Skylar Dannhoff in grey chair in lounge area

September 26, 2022

Finding community in high-energy-density physics

As part of the PSFC's High-Energy-Density Physics Division, graduate student Skylar Dannhoff is discovering the collaborative world of fusion research.

Plasma Science and Fusion Center

August 9, 2021

New leadership for PSFC High-Energy-Density Physics division

After 45 years at MIT’s PSFC and 15 years heading their High-Energy-Density Physics (HEDP) Division, Senior Research Scientist Richard Petrasso has stepped down to pursue new research interests.

PSFC News

April 20, 2021

Benjamin Reichelt awarded special Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship

Benjamin Reichelt, a second-year Physics PhD candidate with MIT’s PSFC, has been awarded the Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship (SSGF).

PSFC News

August 7, 2019

Astrophysical shock phenomena reproduced in laboratory

PSFC's Chikang Li and an international team of researachers have reproduced critical conditions of collisionless shocks in the laboratory, allowing for detailed study of the processes taking place within giant cosmic smashups.

MIT News

January 28, 2019

Stronger together

Officially entitled the Center for Advanced Nuclear Diagnostics and Platforms for Inertial ICF and HEDP at Omega, NIF and Z, the new Center will focus on the properties of plasma under extreme conditions of temperature, density and pressure.

PSFC

February 9, 2018

Measuring the magnetized universe

A measurement technique developed at MIT was recently used to demonstate the existence of turbulent dynamo in the laboratory for the first time. The findings are reported in an article published this week in Nature Communications.

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