Welcome to the 13th International Workshop on Warm Dense Matter
This workshop is the latest in a long-standing series dedicated to advancing experimental, theoretical, and computational research in the field of Warm Dense Matter (WDM), a complex regime at the intersection of solid-state, plasma, and high-energy-density physics.
It will be held in La Rochelle, France on May 25 to 28, 2027
The event will bring together leading researchers to present in-depth insights, review recent advances, and assess the current state of the field. It aims to foster collaboration, bridge gaps between experimental, theoretical, and computational approaches, and inspire the next generation of scientists to tackle the challenges of this dynamic and interdisciplinary field of research.
Subsequent workshops were held in:
- Hamburg, Germany (2003)
- Vancouver, Canada (2005)
- Porquerolles, France (2007)
- Hakone, Japan (2009)
- Pacific Grove, USA (2011)
- Saint-Malo, France (2013)
- Kurashiki, Japan (2015)
- Vancouver, Canada (2017)
- Travemunde, Germany (2019)
- Hyogo, Japan (2023)
- Santa Fe, USA (2025)
About Warm Dense Matter (WDM)
WDM occupies a loosely defined region of phase space intermediate between solid, liquid, gas, and plasma, and typically shares characteristics of two or more of these phases. WDM is generally associated with the combination of strongly coupled ions and moderately degenerate electrons, and careful attention to quantum physics and electronic structure is essential. The lack of a small perturbation parameter greatly limits approximate attempts at its accurate description.
Warm Dense Matter is ubiquitous in planetary science and astrophysics, particularly with respect to unresolved questions concerning the structure and age of the gas giants, the nature of exosolar planets, and the cosmochronology of white dwarf stars. Furthermore, since WDM resides at the intersection of solid state and high energy density physics (HEDP), many HEDP experiments pass through this difficult region of phase space. Thus, understanding and modeling WDM is key to the success of experiments on diverse HEDP facilities, including: high-energy laser facilities, such as the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the OMEGA laser at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics; pulsed-power facilities, such as the Z machine at Sandia National Laboratories; ion-beam facilities, such as the NDCX-II at Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory; and X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) facilities, such as the Linear Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at Stanford University and the European XFEL at Duetsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY).
WDM Workshop Goals
This workshop aims to allow in-depth presentations and facilitate interactions between experimental, computational, and theoretical efforts in WDM research. The goals of this workshop include fostering increased communication and new collaborations between experimentalists, computationalists, and theorists working in WDM research; an assessment of the current state of the field in both theory and experiment; a deeper understanding of the formal theoretical and numerical issues concerning the modeling of warm dense matter; and attracting promising young researchers to this difficult and exciting field.
Workshop Topics
- Dynamics (ultrafast phenomena, non-equilibrium, kinetics, etc.)
- EOS and transport properties
- Planetary science (geoscience, giant planets, etc.)
- Material sciences and applications (including industrial applications)
- XFEL applications (hot dense plasma, X-ray photonics, etc.)
- Shock compression of condensed matter
- Facility, diagnostics, and other technological advances
- AI/ML techniques for mod/sim and data analysis
WDM Committee
- Alessandra Mounaix (Ecole Polytechnique)
- Beata Ziaja-Motyka (Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY)
- Mandy Bethkenhagen (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS)
- Arianna Gleason-Holbrook (Stanford University)
- Andy Higginbotham (University of York)
- Marius Millot (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
- Norimasa Ozaki (Osaka University)
- Vanina Recoules (Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, CEA)
- Ronald Redmer (University of Rostock)
- Ying Tsui (University of Alberta)
- Hitoki Yoneda (University of Electro-Communications, UEC)
- Andrew Ng (retired)
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