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The call of proposals for the LULI2000 laser facility, for the period January 2026 - December 2026, is opened until April 4, 2025 6 pm GMT. Proposals should be sent to access[@]luli.polytechnique.fr

Death and birth of stars : from the cosmos to the laboratory by Bruno ALBERTAZZI Chercheur CNRS / Laboratoire LULI Over the past two decades, high-power laser facilities have advanced our understanding of physical processes occurring in the Universe through a relatively new field: laboratory astrophysics. Conventional techniques such as numerical simulations and astronomical observations are unable to tackle some astrophysical challenges. For these...

2025 EPS Hannes Alfvén Prize The 2025 EPS Hannes Alfvén Prize is awarded to Michel Koenig (LULI, France) for outstanding and continuous contributions to the experimental study of laser-plasma interactions applied in the domain of laboratory astrophysics, of high-energy density physics, and of inertial confinement fusion. 2024 Landau-Spitzer Award The winners of the 2024 Lev D. Landau and Lyman Spitzer Jr. Award are Anna Grassi (Sorbonne University...