'Physics Flash' Archive

Summer 2021 (pdf)

In this issue:

• Chris Frankle: Called to construct solutions for high-consequence challenges
• From Tanja's desk
• Physics Division Staff in the news
• LANSCE neutron beam transport optimized via advanced collimation design techniques
• Novel application of ‘computer vision’ techniques tracks 2D contours of plasma flow features in radiographic images
• Using pRad to visualize electromagnetic fields
• Coherent Captain Mills one step closer in search for the dark sector
• HeadsUP!
• Celebrating service

Winter 2021 (pdf)

In this issue:

• Sowjanya Gollapinni: Putting down new markers for Los Alamos neutrino research
• From Eric's desk
• Direct measurements of nuclear reactions on radionuclides
• Novel thermal neutron detector safeguards aircraft, HPC semiconductor electronics
• Physics Division news roundup
• HeadsUP!
• Celebrating service

Fall 2020 (pdf)

In this issue:

• Patrick Younk: Fusing concepts, technology to predict performance of nuclear explosive devices
• From Tanja’s desk
• LANL inertial confinement fusion program aims to develop burning plasma for weapons science
• Lab's high energy nuclear physics explored at international conference
• Novel study reveals new details on the impact of thermal interfaces in dynamic compression experiments
• HeadsUp!
• Celebrating service

Spring 2020 (pdf)

In this issue:

• Novel diagnostic reconstructs fuel density distribution during fusion implosions
• From Tanja’s desk
• Physics Division news roundup
• Welcome new hires
• Snapshots of Physics managers' work-from-home offices
• HeadsUp!
• Celebrating service

Winter 2020 (pdf)

In this issue:

• Anna Llobet: Empowering young women to pursue STEM careers
• From Tanja’s desk
• Hsu, Prestridge, Van de Water named APS Fellows
• Physics Division staff recognized for notable contributions to Lab's mission
• Aberle contributes to innovative technology
• HeadsUp!
• Celebrating service

September 2019 (pdf)

In this issue:

• Shea Mosby receives Presidential Early Career Award
• From David’s desk
• Physics Division staff in the news
• New boson may mediate exotic particle coupling
• 'Deconstructed' capsules reveal new details essential for achieving inertial confinement fusion
• Proton Radiography Facility improvements boost safety, maximize experiment time
• HeadsUp!
• Celebrating service

June 2019 (pdf)

In this issue:

• Malcolm Boshier and Dana Berkeland receive U.S. Intelligence Community 'Best Paper Award'
• From David’s desk
• New cross-section measurement aids understanding of cosmic nuclei synthesis
• New Los Alamos instrument measures tomographic images of burning plasma
• Los Alamos joins CERN's LHCb team as full member
• Mandie Gehring recognized with distinguished young alumni award
• HeadsUP!
• Celebrating service

March 2019 (pdf)

In this issue:

• Eric Pitcher: Engineering a strong, vibrant future for Physics Division
• From David’s desk
• Young Jin Kim to receive 2019 young researcher award
• MiniBooNE delivers evidence supporting "sterile" neutrinos
• Chi-Nu measurements obtain prompt fission neutron spectra for uranium-235 and plutonium-239
• First comprehensive experimental study of ion heating in collisional plasma shocks and plasma flows
• All mixed up: a review of Los Alamos's capabilities to study variable-density mixing flows
• HeadsUP!
• Celebrating service

December 2018 (pdf)

In this issue:

• Mandi Gehring: Dispatching diagnostics and data for national security needs
• From David’s desk
• Physics Division staff in the news
• Muon technology receives 2018 R&D 100 Award
• Workshop explores Proton Radiography Facility's potential in advancing materials studies
• New approach sets first-ever experimental limit essential for developing new directions in axion searches
• Newly developed MVTX telescope collects first data for planned DOE flagship physics experiment
• Celebrating service
• HeadsUP!

July 2018 (pdf)

In this issue:

• Exploring beyond the Standard Model
• From David’s desk
• Journal of Imaging features LANSCE neutron imaging on cover
• Oblique shocks to a vortex provide insight into fluid instabilities
• Researchers demonstrate diagnostic potential of transmission high energy electron microscopy
• HeadsUP!
• Celebrating service

April 2018 (pdf)

In this issue:

• Career destination: Los Alamos
• From David's desk
• Physics Division staff in the news
• Ultracold Neutron Facility performance upgrade could help spell out signature for the nEDM
• New sparse imaging method demonstrates possibilities for advanced high-speed x-ray camera designs
• Platform proposed for new laboratory astrophysics and ICF experiments
• A simple correlation for neutron capture rates from nuclear masses
• HeadsUP!
• Celebrating service

December 2017 (pdf)

In this issue:

• In memoriam: P.J. Medina, Jr.
• From David's desk
• In memoriam: Geoff Mills
• Physics staff in the news
• Muon detector developed for subsurface borehole imaging
• Multi-laboratory assessment verifies reaction history accuracy from past nuclear events
• Neutrino research beaming forward with DUNE
• Neutron capture measurements using DANCE improve cross section calculation
• Celebrating service
• Los Alamos recognized as top diversity employer
• Heads UP!

July 2017 (pdf)

In this issue:

• In memoriam: David Holtkamp
• From David's desk
• Searching for dark photons with the SeaQuest spectrometer
• Alex Zylstra wins Postdoctoral Distinguished Performance Award
• First test of an aerogel Cherenkov detector for characterizing the Cygnus x-ray source 
• Innovative microfluidic platforms advance a flood of Lab’s research
• Accurate prompt fission neutron spectrum measurements at LANSCE
• Got news?
• Heads UP!
• Celebrating service

December 2016 (pdf)

In this issue:

• Paul Koehler: Applying nuclear physics expertise to a range of scientific challenges
• From David's desk
• Novel liquid helium technique to aid highly sensitive search for a neutron electrical dipole moment
• Silverleaf: Prototype Red Sage experiments performed at Q-site
• John L. Kline named 2016 APS Fellow
• Physics students in the news
• First Entropy Engine quantum random number generator hits the market
• Heads UP!
• Celebrating service

August 2016 (pdf)

In this issue:

• Recognizing a scientific workhorse
• From David's desk
• Accomplishments in the Trident Laser Facility
• David Meyerhofer elected as chair-elect APS Nominating Committee
• Celebrating service
• Heads Up!
• Walk with a manager
• HAWC searches for gamma rays from dark matter
• Proton Radiography Facility commissions electromagnetic magnifier
• Cosmic ray muon computed tomography of spent nuclear fuel in dry storage casks

May 2016 (pdf)

In this issue:

• Los Alamos-developed technology is a hit at international cybersecurity conference
• From David's desk
• Los Alamos and Sandia collaborate on controlled measurements of plutonium at first-ever explored pressure, temperature, and density regimes
• Subatomic physics researchers successfully polarize protons to be used in studying sea quark dynamics
• SPIDER scales up to measure plutonium fission product yields
• Experimental results from a laser-driven neutron source for MaRIE, research, and global security
• Heads Up!
• Celebrating service

March 2016 (pdf)

In this issue:

• Elena Guardincerri: Tracking muons to reduce nuclear threats and help preserve architectural treasures
• From David's desk
• Enhanced imaging for dynamic physics research at the Proton Radiography facility
• Experimental platform to study heterogeneous mix in ICF implosions
• Los Alamos collaborates at the world's largest and newest stellarator experiment
• Los Alamos quantum cryptography featured in Scientific American
• Turbulent Mixing Tunnel jet experiments provide new insights into buoyancy effects in mixing
• Wurden named associate editor for Journal of Fusion Energy
• Heads Up!
• Celebrating service

January 2016 (pdf)

In this issue:

• David Meyerhofer: Connecting people, raising awareness of capabilities, and not just 'business as usual'
• From David's desk
• Los Alamos aids in MicroBooNE's first neutrino sightings
• New single-stage gas gun at Trident enables 10-nanometer-scale surface height variation measurements of dynamic friction
• 63Ni (n,y) cross sections measured with DANCE
• Plasma research shows promise for future compact accelerators
• Los Alamos Northern New Mexico IEEE Section wins two excellence awards
• Celebrating service
• Heads UP! ADEPS Environmental Action Plan for FY16

November 2015 (pdf)

In this issue:

• Recognizing achievement: Physics Division staff awarded for distinguished performance
• From David's desk
• Mini-CAPTAIN snags first ionization track
• Search for neutrinoless beta decay begins with MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR
• Physics Division scientists among newest APS Fellows
• Celebrating service
• Heads UP!

August 2015 (pdf)

In this issue:

• Career destination: Los Alamos
• David Meyerhofer named new Physics Division Leader
• Recent LANSCE run cycle one of most prolific for NNSA research
• Plasma Physics research among DOE projects to create new technology pathways for low-cost fusion energy development
• Automatic alignment of multiple magnets into a Halbach cylinder
• Kathy Prestridge expands APS diversity goals for women in physics
• Physics Division bids fond farewell to Doug Fulton
• Celebrating service
• Heads UP!

May 2015 (pdf)

In this issue:

• HAWC to study universe's most energetic phenomena
• Successful LANSCE run cycle delivers stockpile stewardship, national security science
• Physics staff in the news
• Combined capabilities reveal how trees transport water 
• Rapid heating of materials beyond 10,000 K
• Los Alamos imaging system going live at Fukushima Daiichi
• Determining how much energy is released during the fission of plutonium
• Celebrating service
• Fohtung named Los Alamos Neutron Science Center 2015 Rosen Scholar
• Heads UP!

February 2015 (pdf)

In this issue:

• P-27’s Group Office and User Office Administrative Team
• From Scott’s desk
• From Jeanette’s desk
• Terry Taddeucci retires
• Boshier, Espy named 2014 APS Fellows
• Tainter garners best poster award
• Celebrating service
• Mosby receives LDRD Early Career Research grant to study nuclear reactions with rare isotope beams
• Los Alamos prototype gamma-ray imaging microscope debuts at HIGS facility
• Heads UP!