What kind of science will be performed on HiPER?
The potential to access a wide range of exciting topics in fundamental physics is a principal driver for the HiPER project. The science programmes were selected for their compelling nature in terms of delivering an extreme science capability to Europe. The HiPER facility specification was then developed to provide an internationally leading capability in these areas. The scope included: • Opacity and photoionization physics – to address many outstanding fundamental atomic physics questions, along with their application to (for example) solar modelling. • Warm Dense Matter studies – addressing the principal outstanding regime of material science in which there is no accepted theory (for which HiPER will offer exceptional probing and diagnostic capability). • Laboratory Astrophysics – consistent with the fusion and high energy-density potential of HiPER, there is a wealth of astrophysical phenomena whose models could be tested in the laboratory, including supernovae evolution, proto-stel
