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Interdisciplinary Course “Warm Dense Matter: Concepts and Fundamentals” Offered Fall 2025

May 23, 2025. News

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA—LaserNetUS gladly announces a rare opportunity for our users, students, and the general public: the interdisciplinary course “Warm Dense Matter: Concepts and Fundamentals,” available this Fall 2025.

Offered by the High Energy Density Science Center at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in collaboration with the University of South Florida and the University of California, San Diego, the 10-week online course features 20 live lectures from prominent scientists spanning the globe. The following subject matter will be covered in these world-class, cutting-edge presentations:

  • Basic physics
  • Hydrodynamics and shock physics
  • Equilibrium and transport properties
  • Simulation and experimental capabilities
  • Diagnostics
  • Applications of Warm Dense Matter (WDM)

This unique program is intended for the following attendees:

  • Advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students
  • Professionals and the general public interested in high-energy-density science

Note: Students from US institutions may receive academic credit.


Click below to download a copy of the WDM Course Flyer.
Click below to download a copy of the WDM Course Syllabus.

 
Table 1 provides additional course and registration details:


Table 1. WDM Course Info

Warm Dense Matter: Concepts and Fundamentals Course Fall 2025
Registration Deadline August 18, 2025
Register Now Email your name and institution to Jessica Karlton (karlton1@llnl.gov)

Credit-Seeking Students on the Semester System*

  • Should also contact Ivan Oleynik (oleynik@usf.edu)
  • *Includes homework and exams for credit-seeking students.

Students on the Quarter System

Course Activity Key Dates Details
Pre-Course Bootcamp** August 25, 2025, to September 23, 2025
  • **Mandatory 5-week session for credit-seeking students on the semester system
  • Optional and encouraged for other attendees
WDM (Online) Course September 25, 2025, to December 4, 2025
  • Tuesdays/Thursdays (9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Pacific Time, 12:30 p.m.–1:45 p.m. Eastern Time)
  • 10 weeks, 20 lectures
 Course Information Links/Contact
WDM Course Flyer Warm Dense Matter (WDM) Course Flyer
WDM Course Syllabus Warm Dense Matter (WDM) Course Syllabus
More Information, Including 
WDM Course Syllabus
https://heds-center.llnl.gov/education
General Questions  Contact Federica Coppari (coppari1@llnl.gov)

We at LaserNetUS hope you can participate in what promises to be an extraordinary occasion for students and those interested in high-energy-density science to learn from some of the world’s leading and most-renowned experts!



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