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Hydrodynamics
& X-Ray Physics Group
The mission of P-22 is to solve challenging experimental-physics problems
relevant to our national  security—aiming to reduce the threat of
war by helping to ensure the reliability of our nuclear-weapons stockpile
and by limiting the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Our
experiments focus on the hydrodynamic properties of materials as they
undergo explosive and implosive forces. Our x-ray capability is predominantly
involved in the diagnosis of dynamic material behavior under extreme
physical conditions—important for developing computational models.
To fulfill its mission, P-22 maintains and develops a creative multidisciplinary
team, broad physics and engineering capabilities, and state-of-the-art
technologies. Experimental efforts in P-22 include hydrodynamics, x-ray
spectroscopy and imaging, plasma physics, radiation hydrodynamics, optics
and fiber optics, microwaves, electromagnetics, atmospheric physics,
and atomic physics. P-22 has expertise in analog and digital electronics;
electro-optics instrument design and fabrication; high-voltage, low-inductance
pulsed-power engineering; and fast-transient data recording. P-22 is
also operations group for the Atlas High-Energy Pulsed-Power Facility.
This high-energy experimental facility will provide a valuable laboratory
test bed for the investigation of dynamic material properties.
P-22 Website
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Contacts
Group Leader
David
Scudder
Deputy Group Leader
Darin Westley, Acting
Administrative Assistant
Rosina
Martinez
Mail Stop D410
Phone: 505-667-2470
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Physics, P-DO