UT Austin Scientists Simulate Laser to Create Gamma Rays (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center

UT Austin Scientists Simulate Laser to Create Gamma Rays

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A team of scientists at UT Austin used computer simulations to find a possible new source of gamma rays generated from tabletop lasers. Pictured in front of the Stampede supercomputer left to right: Alex Arefiev, research scientist, Institute for Fusion Studies and at the Center for High Energy Density Science, UT Austin; Toma Toncian, assistant director, Center for High Energy Density Science, UT Austin; David Stark, recently completed PhD, UT Austin (now at Los Alamos National Laboratory).

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