Publications and outputs
To date (March 2026) reseachers in Amplifi have published / co-published 38 journal papers including PRL and other high impact communications, the majority of which have been over the last year. The Partnership has also produced several numerical tools and datasets for the wider High Energy Density Science (HEDS) community and developed user platforms at the ESRF synchrotron and X-ray Free Electron Lasers
Journal Papers
Current shunting and plasma instabilities during electrical explosions of copper and aluminum wires in water and air
R. Grikshtas et al, Journal of Applied Physics (2026)
Measuring dynamics of differentially rotating, unmagnetized, free-boundary plasma produced by soft x-ray irradiation
K. Marrow et al, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (2026) DOI: 10.1088/1361-6587/ae44cc
A unified framework for non-linear reconstruction schemes in a compact stencil. Part 2: Learning operators from neural networks
M. Huang et al, Journal of Computational Physics (2026) DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2026.114764
Passive Freeze-Out of the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability
J. Strucka et al , Physical Review Letters (2026) DOI: 10.1103/3wgy-sgkz
Time-embedded convolutional neural networks for modeling plasma heat transport
M. Luo et al, Physical review. E (2026) DOI: 10.1103/xx8k-xw91
Modeling of warm dense hydrogen via explicit real-time electron dynamics: Electron transport properties.
P. Svensson et al, Physical review. E (2025) DOI: 10.1103/physreve.111.045208
Electrothermal instabilities observed by x-ray radiography of underwater sub-microsecond electrical explosions of aluminum, silver, and molybdenum wires
R. Grikshtas et al, Physics of Plasmas (2025) DOI:10.1063/5.0253598
On the convection boundedness of numerical schemes across discontinuities
X. Deng et al, Computers & Fluids (2025) DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2025.106645
Efficient ROUND schemes on non-uniform grids applied to discontinuous Galerkin schemes with Godunov-type finite volume sub-cell limiting
X. Deng et al, Journal of Computational Physics (2025) DOI:10.1016/j.jcp.2024.113575
Experimental study of laser plasma instabilities with broadband laser pulses at the GSI PHELIX laser facility
C. Kanstein et al, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (2025) DOI: 10.1088/1361-6587/ae1871
Learning heat transport kernels using a nonlocal heat transport theory-informed neural network
M. Luo et al, Physical Review Research (2025) DOI:10.1103/m215-3f6c
Planar shock-induced bubble collapse and jetting in water captured via x-ray phase contrast imaging
G. Bokman et al, Applied Physics Letters (2025) DOI: 10.1063/5.0272963
A novel hybrid approach for accurate simulation of compressible multi-component flows across all-Mach number
X. Deng et al, Journal of Computational Physics (2025) DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2025.114282
Investigation of ruling parameters on the growth of side and back stimulated Raman scattering in inhomogeneous plasmas at shock ignition laser intensity
G. Cristoforetti et al, Matter and Radiation at Extremes (2025) DOI: 10.1063/5.0257022
Magnetized ICF implosions: Ignition at low laser energy using designs with more ablator mass remaining
C. Walsh et al, Physics of Plasmas (2025) DOI:10.1063/5.0274275
Burn propagation in magnetized high-yield inertial fusion
S. O'Neill et al, Physics of Plasmas (2025) DOI: 10.1063/5.0242215
Magnetized ICF implosions: non-axial magnetic field topologies
C. Walsh et al, Nuclear Fusion (2025) DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/adb7f0
A two-dimensional imaging enabled x-ray streak camera system.
H. Gu et al, Review of scientific instruments (2025) DOI: 10.1063/5.0260920
The impact of target parameters on the collision process and hot-spot performance in the double-cone ignition scheme
K. Fang et al, Physics of Plasmas (2025) DOI:10.1063/5.0242453
Ionization calculations using classical molecular dynamics.
D. Plummer et al, Physical review. E (2025) DOI: 10.1103/physreve.111.015204
Ionic structure, liquid-liquid phase transitions, x-ray diffraction, and x-ray Thomson scattering in shock-compressed liquid silicon in the 100-200 GPa regime.
M.W.C. Dharma-Wardana et al, Physical review. E (2025) DOI: 10.1103/physreve.111.015205
Studies of specific action integral and electro-thermal instabilities in the sub-microsecond underwater electrical explosions of shaped foils
N. Asmedianov et al, Journal of Applied Physics (2025) DOI:10.1063/5.0292646
Spatial characterization of debris ejection from the interaction of a tightly focused PW-laser pulse with metal targets
I. Vladisavlevici et al, High Power Laser Science and Engineering (2025) DOI:10.1017/hpl.2025.12
A Framework Unifying Three-Cell-Based Scale-Invariant Exponential and Trigonometric WENO Weighting Functions With Optimal Shape Parameters
X. Deng et al, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids (2025) DOI: 10.1002/fld.5401
Achievement of Target Gain Larger than Unity in an Inertial Fusion Experiment.
H. Abu-Shawareb et al, Physical review letters (2024) DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.065102
Dynamic loading platforms coupled to ultra-high speed X-ray imaging at beamline ID19 of the European Synchrotron ESRF
A. Rack et al, High Pressure Research (2024) DOI: 10.1080/08957959.2024.2370369
Multi frame radiography of supersonic water jets interacting with a foil target
D. Maler et al, Journal of Applied Physics (2024) DOI: 10.1063/5.0186659
Modeling of warm dense hydrogen via explicit real-time electron dynamics: Dynamic structure factors
P. Svensson et al, Physical review. E (2024) DOI: 10.1103/physreve.110.055205
X-ray phase-contrast imaging of strong shocks on OMEGA EP
L. Antonelli et al, Review of scientific instruments (2024) DOI: 10.1063/5.0168059
Electron-beam-based Compton scattering x-ray source for probing high-energy-density physics
H. Rinderknecht et al, Physical Review Accelerators and Beams (2024) DOI: 10.1103/physrevaccelbeams.27.034701
Quantum effects on dynamic structure factors in dense magnetized plasmas
T. Mondal et al, Physical Review Research (2024) DOI: 10.1103/physrevresearch.6.013089
Multimessenger measurements of the static structure of shock-compressed liquid silicon at 100 GPa
H. Poole et al, Physical Review Research (2024) DOI: 10.1103/physrevresearch.6.023144
Toward first principles-based simulations of dense hydrogen
M. Bonitz et al, Physics of Plasmas (2024) DOI: 10.1063/5.0219405
Point projection radiography of electromagnetically accelerated flyer plates with an external X-pinch driver
J. Read et al, Review of scientific instruments (2024) DOI: 10.1063/5.0185351
Speed of sound in methane under conditions of planetary interiors
T. White et al, Physical Review Research (2024) DOI: 10.1103/physrevresearch.6.l022029
Characterization of hot electrons generated by laser-plasma interaction at shock ignition intensities
E. Filippov et al, Matter and Radiation at Extremes (2023) DOI: 10.1063/5.0157168
Guided electromagnetic discharge pulses driven by short intense laser pulses: Characterization and modeling
M. Ehret et al, Physics of Plasmas (2023) DOI: 10.1063/5.0124011
Measurement of Magnetic Cavitation Driven by Heat Flow in a Plasma
C. Arran et al, Physical review letters (2023) DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.015101
Reports
EPSRC Annual Report 2023
EPSRC Annual Report 2024
EPSRC Annual Report 2025