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Extreme physics, extreme data

Researchers at the Department of Physics have today published a paper reviewing the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning for understanding "extreme physics" – the physics of matter at extremely high temperatures and densities.

A close-up of the experimental target, consisting of two foils and a pair of grids, held together by cylindrical shields. Each target is about the size of a penny. They were carefully designed and machined to produce a turbulent plasma at conditions never reached before.

An insight into astrophysical magnetic fields

An international collaboration has conducted experiments that captured for the first time a physical mechanism thought to be responsible for generating and sustaining astrophysical magnetic fields.