Roadmap for warm dense matter physics

TL;DR

This roadmap reviews the recent advances, current challenges, and future prospects in warm dense matter physics, emphasizing developments in experimental, theoretical, and computational methods across various applications.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art, highlighting recent technological and methodological progress and outlining future directions in warm dense matter research.

Findings

Recent advances in laser and diagnostic technologies

Improved simulation and experimental verification methods

Applications in astrophysics, fusion, and material synthesis

Abstract

This roadmap presents the state-of-the-art, current challenges and near future developments anticipated in the thriving field of warm dense matter physics. Originating from strongly coupled plasma physics, high pressure physics and high energy density science, the warm dense matter physics community has recently taken a giant leap forward. This is due to spectacular developments in laser technology, diagnostic capabilities, and computer simulation techniques. Only in the last decade has it become possible to perform accurate enough simulations \& experiments to truly verify theoretical results as well as to reliably design experiments based on predictions. Consequently, this roadmap discusses recent developments and contemporary challenges that are faced by theoretical methods, and experimental techniques needed to create and diagnose warm dense matter. A large part of this roadmap is dedicated to specific warm dense matter systems and applications in astrophysics, inertial confinement fusion and novel material synthesis.