{"id":237809,"date":"2026-05-27T03:23:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T08:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/imaginary-time-technique-speeds-x-ray-scattering-simulations-by-50-fold-for-extreme-matter"},"modified":"2026-05-27T03:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T08:23:55","slug":"imaginary-time-technique-speeds-x-ray-scattering-simulations-by-50-fold-for-extreme-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/imaginary-time-technique-speeds-x-ray-scattering-simulations-by-50-fold-for-extreme-matter","title":{"rendered":"Imaginary-time technique speeds X-ray scattering simulations by 50-fold for extreme matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/imaginary-time-technique-speeds-x-ray-scattering-simulations-by-50-fold-for-extreme-matter.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have developed a new procedure, enabling them to speed up elaborate computer simulations that analyze matter under extreme conditions. In particular, this work improves the evaluation of experiments at large-scale research facilities like the European XFEL\u2014and should facilitate substantial progress, among others, in fusion research and laboratory astrophysics.<\/p>\n<p>The team presented the results in the journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41524-026-02088-9\" target=\"_blank\"><i>npj Computational Materials<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, matter is present in extreme states\u2014such as in stars or in the interior of gas giants where enormous pressures and temperatures prevail. Such conditions can also be produced in the lab, in laser fusion experiments, for instance. In order to understand precisely what happens, researchers use X-ray scattering\u2014as at the European XFEL near Hamburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have developed a new procedure, enabling them to speed up elaborate computer simulations that analyze matter under extreme conditions. In particular, this work improves the evaluation of experiments at large-scale research facilities like the European XFEL\u2014and should facilitate substantial progress, among others, in fusion research and laboratory astrophysics. The [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,873,219],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-nuclear-energy","category-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}