{"id":30,"date":"2025-11-26T14:27:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/blastt\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2026-05-31T15:51:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T12:51:23","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/blastt\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mai-grid alignwide entries entries-grid has-boxed has-image-left-middle\" style=\"--entry-title-font-size:var(--font-size-lg);--entry-image-link-max-width:400px;--align-text:start;--align-text-vertical:unset;--border-radius:5px;--entry-meta-text-align:start;\"><div class=\"entries-wrap has-columns has-image-stack\" style=\"--columns-xs:1\/1;--columns-sm:1\/1;--columns-md:1\/1;--columns-lg:1\/1;--flex-xs:0 0 var(--flex-basis);--flex-sm:0 0 var(--flex-basis);--flex-md:0 0 var(--flex-basis);--flex-lg:0 0 var(--flex-basis);--column-gap:var(--spacing-xl);--row-gap:var(--spacing-lg);--align-columns:start;\"><article class=\"entry entry-grid is-column has-entry-link has-image has-image-first page type-page\" style=\"--entry-index:1;\" aria-label=\"Laboratory astrophysics\"><a class=\"entry-image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/blastt\/research\/laboratory-astrophysics\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/blastt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2025\/11\/an-image-for-the-laboratory-astrophysics-theme-376x300.png\" class=\"entry-image size-landscape-sm\" alt=\"snapshot of a high-velocity shock produced by a high-power laser and propagating in a magnetized tenuous ambient medium\" \/><\/a><div class=\"entry-wrap entry-wrap-grid\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a class=\"entry-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/blastt\/research\/laboratory-astrophysics\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Laboratory astrophysics<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Laboratory experiments offer new capabilities to investigate the micro-physics underlying astrophysical phenomena, in a wide variety of domains, from young star formation to cosmic rays physics. Such experiments offer a way to access the relevant temporal and spatial scales of the plasmas in &hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"entry-more\"><a class=\"entry-more-link button button-small\" href=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/blastt\/research\/laboratory-astrophysics\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Laboratory astrophysics<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"entry entry-grid is-column has-entry-link has-image has-image-first page type-page\" style=\"--entry-index:2;\" aria-label=\"Fusion\"><a class=\"entry-image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/blastt\/research\/fusion\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/blastt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2025\/11\/a-figure-for-the-fusion-theme-1-400x300.png\" class=\"entry-image size-landscape-sm\" alt=\"time-resolved spatial profiles of a high-power laser propagating in a plasma\" \/><\/a><div class=\"entry-wrap entry-wrap-grid\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a class=\"entry-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/blastt\/research\/fusion\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fusion<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Laser-driven ICF relies on using a large set of high-power laser beams in order to deposit energy in a Deuterium-Tritium fuel, such that it is compressed and heated to the point of fusion ignition. In the quest for optimized performance of ICF, improvement can be sought in many areas, which is where &hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"entry-more\"><a class=\"entry-more-link button button-small\" href=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/blastt\/research\/fusion\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fusion<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"entry entry-grid is-column has-entry-link has-image has-image-first page type-page\" style=\"--entry-index:3;\" aria-label=\"Nuclear photonics\"><a class=\"entry-image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/blastt\/research\/nuclear-photonics\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/blastt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2025\/11\/a-photo-for-the-photonics-theme-400x300.png\" class=\"entry-image size-landscape-sm\" alt=\"photo of a neutron converter during a high-power laser shot, when hit by a high-flux proton beam\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/blastt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2025\/11\/a-photo-for-the-photonics-theme-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/blastt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2025\/11\/a-photo-for-the-photonics-theme-800x600.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:599px) 599px, (min-width:600px) and (max-width: 799px) 266.33333333333px, (min-width:800px) and (max-width: 999px) 333px, (min-width:1000px) 400px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"entry-wrap entry-wrap-grid\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a class=\"entry-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/blastt\/research\/nuclear-photonics\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Nuclear photonics<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Laser-driven high-brilliance sources offer new perspectives in terms of compact material probing, even of dense objects, or in imaging of high speed events, with better than picosecond resolution. We are currently working on pushing the capabilities of a dual (neutron and x-ray) interrogation &hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"entry-more\"><a class=\"entry-more-link button button-small\" href=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/blastt\/research\/nuclear-photonics\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nuclear photonics<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"1":"page","2":"type-page","5":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Research - 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