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Report of the Interagency Task Force on High Energy Density Physics

2007 · réf. 65633 — Washington DC: National Science and Technology Council Committee on Science Interagency Working Groups on the Physics of the Universe 2007. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. 6 47 pages plus front cover and back of rear cover. Includes illustrations. Some illustrations in color. Appendices A-E. Acronym List. No dust jacket as issued. The study of matter under extreme conditions of temperature and density--high energy density physics HEDP--is an emerging multidisciplinary field with potentially broad benefits to society. This report provides a Federal cross-agency strategic plan for scientific discovery in the broad HEDP field. This plan was developed by the Task Force on High Energy Density Physics under the auspices of the National Science and Technology Council's Interagency Working Group on the Physics of the University. The report articulates how high energy density physics fits into the portfolio of Federally funded missions and includes agency actions to be taken to further this area of study. The discussion of the Federal management of high energy density physics in the report was structured by organizing the research activities into four Federal Research Categories: Astrophysics High Energy Density Nuclear Physics High Energy Density Laboratory Plasmas HED­LP and Ultrafast Ultraintense Laser Science. "HEDP is an area of science where theory and technology intersect to extend our conceptual framework of the universe" Dr. John H. Marburger III Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy says in the transmittal letter accompanying the report. "Discoveries in HEDP will enrich our understanding of important phenomena and stimulate future technology development." The Report of the Interagency Task Force on High Energy Density Physics was prepared for the Executive Office of the President Office of Science and Technology Policy by the interagency Task Force on High Energy Density Physics TF­HEDP which was chartered by the Interagency Working Group on the Physics of the Universe IWG­POU under the Committee on Science of the National Science and Technology Council. The report addresses scientific opportunities in high energy density science previously identified in studies by the National Academies as well as reports from the scientific community. In particular the report describes actions which will be taken to encourage and nurture interactions among the diverse range of scientific disciplines and associated enabling technologies that encompass high energy density physics including the creation of an interagency website interdisciplinary meetings and future workshops. Extremes of heat and density - exceeding even the hostile conditions deep inside the sun - are seen in astronomical phenomena such as supernovae the violent death of stars. They are also encountered routinely in a laboratory setting in laser pulsed-­power and accelerator experimental facilities used in research on fusion energy inertial confinement fusion nuclear stockpile stewardship and nuclear physics. The study of high energy density physics and related phenomena could therefore not only advance scientific understanding in fields such as astrophysics cosmology high energy physics and plasma science but also play an important role in accomplishing energy and national security mission goals. National Science and Technology Council, Committee on Science, Interagency Working Groups on the Physics of the Universe paperback