Using molecular dynamics simulations to validate a new approach for determining the melting curves of materials

Technical Report · Tue Nov 18 00:00:00 EST 2025

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/3005572· OSTI ID:3005572

Farnault, Bastien Henri ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), located in the state of New Mexico (United States), is one of the most iconic research centers in the world. Founded in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project, it emerged from a global conflict and an unprecedented scientific emergency. At that time, the United States feared that Nazi Germany might develop an atomic weapon first. Under the direction of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the U.S. government established a secret laboratory in an isolated region of the Los Alamos plateau, bringing together some of the greatest scientific minds of the era. This site, then known as Project Y, became the birthplace of the first atomic bomb.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: 89233218CNA000001
• OSTI ID: 3005572
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--25-31376
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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