Radiative Properties of Hot Dense Matter 2026

The purpose of the meeting series is to bring together an international group of leading researchers in radiative transfer line shapes, dense plasma spectroscopy, non-LTE population kinetics, opacity studies and plasma processes, to identify current problems in these fields and define directions for future research. The framework will be a series of oral sessions and one poster session in which a large fraction of the participants will make presentations. Additional unstructured time will be included for discussions and the development and planning of future efforts. Previous meeting have covered dense plasma absorption and emission spectroscopy, radiation heating, opacities, spectral line shapes, dense plasma effects and the breakdown of the isolated atom picture, non-equilibrium atomic kinetics and radiation transfer, and detailed X-ray spectra simulation. Experiments using high-intensity short-pulse lasers, XFELs, and z-pinch type discharges to generate and diagnose hot dense matter, VUV- and X-FEL experiments, warm dense matter studies, and high-energy laser-related experiments, are particularly timely.