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Professor Alex Schekochihin

Professor Schekochihin appointed Simons Investigator

Professor Alex Schekochihin has been appointed Simons Investigator in Astrophysics by the Simons Foundation, New York.
20 June 2022
FLASH simulations of the TDYNO platform

Laboratory replica of galaxy-cluster plasma

An international team led by the Department of Physics at Oxford, University of Rochester, and University of Chicago has been able to unravel the inner workings of heat conduction in galaxy clusters
9 March 2022
Dr James Chappell

Dr Chappell awarded Culham Thesis Prize

Dr James Chappell from the Department of Physics has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Culham Thesis Prize: Plasma Physics Group.
14 February 2022
Quantum Dice team

Quantum Dice wins IOP business award

Oxford University spin-out, Quantum Dice, has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Business Start-up Award 2021.
18 November 2021
Illustration showing wind blowing in different directions on a wave and a surfer

Improving repetition rate of laser-driven plasma accelerators

A team from Oxford has had a breakthrough in improving the repetition rate and efficiency of laser-driven plasma accelerators; these accelerators could revolutionise many areas of science and technology as they can accelerate particles to high energies in
9 November 2021
Professor Justin Wark at Hibef beamline (XFEL)

Inauguration of new beamline at European XFEL

In a milestone for high energy density physics, a new beamline at the European X-Ray Laser (XFEL), was officially opened yesterday, 31 August 2021.
1 September 2021
An image of the new threshold

Laser fusion at the threshold of ignition

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US has reached the threshold of realising controlled thermonuclear fusion in the laboratory
18 August 2021
Peter Hatfield

Meet...Peter Hatfield

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.
7 July 2021
A colour-enhanced image of the inside of a NIF preamplifier support structure

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.
19 May 2021
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.
11 March 2021

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