Thales
@thales-silva.bsky.social
Plasma physics and HPC enthusiast. Video games and cat lover. I make <b|d>ad jokes.
https://web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/thales.silva/
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Four new MSc graduates @golp-ist.bsky.social #eppteam: Francisco A (radiation reaction in non ideal fields, top left), João J (RR & GR, bottom right), Manuel R (theory/sim fireball instabilities, bottom left), Margarida P (ML with PIC data, top right). Congratulations to all! 🎉🎊
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Four new MSc graduates @golp-ist.bsky.social #eppteam: Francisco A (radiation reaction in non ideal fields, top left), João J (RR & GR, bottom right), Manuel R (theory/sim fireball instabilities, bottom left), Margarida P (ML with PIC data, top right). Congratulations to all! 🎉🎊
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October 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Congratulations @golp-ist.bsky.social members with teaching (T) & academic (A) awards @istecnico.bsky.social day 2025 - front row (left to right): @thales-silva.bsky.social (T) @diogodcarvalho.bsky.social (T) Gonçalo A (A), João J (T+A), José M (A) back: Gonçalo F (T), Jorge V (T), Afonso S (A) 🎉🎊
May 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Congratulations @golp-ist.bsky.social members with teaching (T) & academic (A) awards @istecnico.bsky.social day 2025 - front row (left to right): @thales-silva.bsky.social (T) @diogodcarvalho.bsky.social (T) Gonçalo A (A), João J (T+A), José M (A) back: Gonçalo F (T), Jorge V (T), Afonso S (A) 🎉🎊
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In this issue: Sea anemones influence clownfish diversification, model sustainably swapping corn ethanol for solar arrays in US croplands, and hair cells mediate cochlear response to infrared light. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
May 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In this issue: Sea anemones influence clownfish diversification, model sustainably swapping corn ethanol for solar arrays in US croplands, and hair cells mediate cochlear response to infrared light. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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1/n Back in Lisbon after 1 year at UCLA!
Want to start by thanking Fulbright, FCT, IIE, and UCLA for making this research visit possible and for all the support during the program.
Want to start by thanking Fulbright, FCT, IIE, and UCLA for making this research visit possible and for all the support during the program.
May 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
1/n Back in Lisbon after 1 year at UCLA!
Want to start by thanking Fulbright, FCT, IIE, and UCLA for making this research visit possible and for all the support during the program.
Want to start by thanking Fulbright, FCT, IIE, and UCLA for making this research visit possible and for all the support during the program.
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Plasmas on the cover of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences from a @oxfordphysics.bsky.social - @istecnico.bsky.social paper 🎉 with @thales-silva.bsky.social @pablojbilbao.com @golp-ist.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
April 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Plasmas on the cover of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences from a @oxfordphysics.bsky.social - @istecnico.bsky.social paper 🎉 with @thales-silva.bsky.social @pablojbilbao.com @golp-ist.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Thank you @publico.pt for the very nice newspiece about our recent work in Science Advances with @pablojbilbao.com @thales-silva.bsky.social developed @golp-ist.bsky.social @istecnico.bsky.social 👇
www.publico.pt/2025/04/21/c...
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Cientistas do Técnico dão explicação para as rajadas de rádio em estrelas de neutrões
Resultados do estudo ajudam a compreender a emissão de luz, incluindo as ondas de rádio, a partir de estrelas de neutrões com campos magnéticos extremos.
www.publico.pt
April 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Thank you @publico.pt for the very nice newspiece about our recent work in Science Advances with @pablojbilbao.com @thales-silva.bsky.social developed @golp-ist.bsky.social @istecnico.bsky.social 👇
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💥 New paper out in Science Advances!
We show that radiatively cooled relativistic plasmas can spontaneously emit coherent, polarized radiation via a maser instability.
Work with @thales-silva.bsky.social and @luisoliveiraesilva.bsky.social .
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We show that radiatively cooled relativistic plasmas can spontaneously emit coherent, polarized radiation via a maser instability.
Work with @thales-silva.bsky.social and @luisoliveiraesilva.bsky.social .
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Radiative cooling induced coherent maser emission in relativistic plasmas
Strongly magnetized relativistic plasmas spontaneously amplify coherent radiation, offering insights into astronomical signatures.
www.science.org
April 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
💥 New paper out in Science Advances!
We show that radiatively cooled relativistic plasmas can spontaneously emit coherent, polarized radiation via a maser instability.
Work with @thales-silva.bsky.social and @luisoliveiraesilva.bsky.social .
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We show that radiatively cooled relativistic plasmas can spontaneously emit coherent, polarized radiation via a maser instability.
Work with @thales-silva.bsky.social and @luisoliveiraesilva.bsky.social .
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Can plasma physics help constrain models for dark electromagnetism? Yes, it can. Letter in PhysRev D (Editor’s Suggestion) and a very nice feature in @physicsmagazine.bsky.social physics.aps.org/articles/v18... @golp-ist.bsky.social with Nitin S and Kevin S
Intergalactic Collision Constrains Dark Electromagnetism
The distribution of dark matter around a pair of colliding galaxy clusters appears unaffected by a putative dark-sector version of electromagnetism.
physics.aps.org
April 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Can plasma physics help constrain models for dark electromagnetism? Yes, it can. Letter in PhysRev D (Editor’s Suggestion) and a very nice feature in @physicsmagazine.bsky.social physics.aps.org/articles/v18... @golp-ist.bsky.social with Nitin S and Kevin S
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GoLP secures over 80 million CPU hours in national computing time. To know more about the projects👇
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Image: phase space of the maser instability. 🍭
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Image: phase space of the maser instability. 🍭
April 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
GoLP secures over 80 million CPU hours in national computing time. To know more about the projects👇
🔗 golp.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/wp/golp-secu...
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Image: phase space of the maser instability. 🍭
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Image: phase space of the maser instability. 🍭
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GoLP Members @thales-silva.bsky.social and Bernardo B Present Invited Talks at SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics 2025 in Prague.
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April 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
GoLP Members @thales-silva.bsky.social and Bernardo B Present Invited Talks at SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics 2025 in Prague.
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The contribution as a reviewer from GoLP's PhD student Diogo C has been recognized in the Outstanding Reviewer Awards 2024.
Many congratulations to Diogo 👏🎉
Many congratulations to Diogo 👏🎉
March 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The contribution as a reviewer from GoLP's PhD student Diogo C has been recognized in the Outstanding Reviewer Awards 2024.
Many congratulations to Diogo 👏🎉
Many congratulations to Diogo 👏🎉
Here is an illustration of the setup in our latest pre-print [https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.06783].
For more details, @pablojbilbao.com did an excellent post about it (check the thread: bsky.app/profile/pabl...). @luisoliveiraesilva.bsky.social @golp-ist.bsky.social @istecnico.bsky.social
For more details, @pablojbilbao.com did an excellent post about it (check the thread: bsky.app/profile/pabl...). @luisoliveiraesilva.bsky.social @golp-ist.bsky.social @istecnico.bsky.social
December 11, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Here is an illustration of the setup in our latest pre-print [https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.06783].
For more details, @pablojbilbao.com did an excellent post about it (check the thread: bsky.app/profile/pabl...). @luisoliveiraesilva.bsky.social @golp-ist.bsky.social @istecnico.bsky.social
For more details, @pablojbilbao.com did an excellent post about it (check the thread: bsky.app/profile/pabl...). @luisoliveiraesilva.bsky.social @golp-ist.bsky.social @istecnico.bsky.social
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1/ Latest pre-print by @thales-silva.bsky.social & @luisoliveiraesilva.bsky.social is out!
📝 Check out the full paper: arxiv.org/abs/2412.06783
📝 Check out the full paper: arxiv.org/abs/2412.06783
The electron cyclotron maser instability in laser-ionized plasmas
We show that circularly polarized lasers create plasmas with long-lasting ring-shaped weakly relativistic momentum distributions which, in the presence of an ambient magnetic field, are prone to the e...
arxiv.org
December 10, 2024 at 5:25 PM
1/ Latest pre-print by @thales-silva.bsky.social & @luisoliveiraesilva.bsky.social is out!
📝 Check out the full paper: arxiv.org/abs/2412.06783
📝 Check out the full paper: arxiv.org/abs/2412.06783
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New @golp-ist.bsky.social preprint is out, by @thales-silva.bsky.social @pablojbilbao.com - tailoring distribution functions with lasers and exploring, in the lab, astro relevant plasma instabilities 👇 arxiv.org/abs/2412.06783
The electron cyclotron maser instability in laser-ionized plasmas
We show that circularly polarized lasers create plasmas with long-lasting ring-shaped weakly relativistic momentum distributions which, in the presence of an ambient magnetic field, are prone to the e...
arxiv.org
December 10, 2024 at 4:13 PM
New @golp-ist.bsky.social preprint is out, by @thales-silva.bsky.social @pablojbilbao.com - tailoring distribution functions with lasers and exploring, in the lab, astro relevant plasma instabilities 👇 arxiv.org/abs/2412.06783
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Starting the GoLP Raising the Bar day 2024 with breakfast in the beautiful building of Academia das ciências followed by a presentation and an open discussion.
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December 6, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Starting the GoLP Raising the Bar day 2024 with breakfast in the beautiful building of Academia das ciências followed by a presentation and an open discussion.
@istecnico.bsky.social
@istecnico.bsky.social
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Today's an exciting day! We have submitted two papers to ArXiV, one of which is my positron acceleration work using Direct Laser Acceleration. Here, we use methods to improve positron creation and retention and a semi-analytical model to predict laser depletion. arxiv.org/abs/2411.174...
Improved Bethe-Heitler positron creation and retention by combining direct laser acceleration and solid target interaction within a gas jet
The next generation of Petawatt-class lasers presents the opportunity to study positron production and acceleration experimentally, in an all-optical setting. Several configurations were proposed to p...
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November 27, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Today's an exciting day! We have submitted two papers to ArXiV, one of which is my positron acceleration work using Direct Laser Acceleration. Here, we use methods to improve positron creation and retention and a semi-analytical model to predict laser depletion. arxiv.org/abs/2411.174...
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We have also submitted a preprint on applying Quantum variational algorithms to Strong Field QED. We demonstrate that we can use VarQITE to evolve the Fokker-Planck equation to simulate Quantum Radiation Reaction.
arxiv.org/abs/2411.175...
arxiv.org/abs/2411.175...
Variational Quantum Simulation of the Fokker-Planck Equation applied to Quantum Radiation Reaction
Near-future experiments with Petawatt class lasers are expected to produce a high flux of gamma-ray photons and electron-positron pairs through Strong Field Quantum Electrodynamical processes. Simulat...
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November 27, 2024 at 10:06 AM
We have also submitted a preprint on applying Quantum variational algorithms to Strong Field QED. We demonstrate that we can use VarQITE to evolve the Fokker-Planck equation to simulate Quantum Radiation Reaction.
arxiv.org/abs/2411.175...
arxiv.org/abs/2411.175...
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Now in Abreu Faro (@istecnico.bsky.social) we are having a mini-workshop which will precede the defence of our PhD student Bernardo M tomorrow
November 19, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Now in Abreu Faro (@istecnico.bsky.social) we are having a mini-workshop which will precede the defence of our PhD student Bernardo M tomorrow
