Welcome to the website of the extreme plasma physics team, the theory and simulation team of the Group for Lasers and Plasmas of the Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear at Instituto Superior Técnico.
Our team is funded by the European Research Council through the Advanced Grant "Accelerates" (ERC-AdG2010 no. 267841) and the Advanced Grant “InPairs” (ERC-AdG2015).
Latest News
PhD Student Diogo C attended 1st FTPP Annual International AL Plasma Physics Conference (AIAPC)
PhD student Diogo C went to Huntsville, Alabama, from October 28th to October 30th, 2024 to attent the 1st FTPP Annual International AL Plasma Physics Conference (AIAPC) – AI-Informed Plasma Physics: the Opportunities. He gave a talk containing the Read more
GoLP team members attend 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics
Some of our GoLP members went to Atlanta, Georgia USA to attend the 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, held on 7-11 October 2024, and presented a talk about their recent work.
In the first picture: Frederico F, Diogo C, Paulo A, Bernardo B, Thales S, Kevin S and Luis G.
Here, are some pictures from the event:
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Latest Publications
- Particle-in-cell simulations of pulsar magnetospheres: Transition between electrosphere and force-free regimes, Astronomy & Astrophysics 690 (2024) p. A229
- Direct laser acceleration in varying plasma density profiles, New Journal of Physics 26 (2024) p. 093002
- Laboratory Study of Magnetic Reconnection in Lunar-relevant Mini-magnetospheres, The Astrophysical Journal 969 (2024) p. 124
- Laboratory realization of relativistic pair-plasma beams, Nature Communications 15 (2024) p. 5209