Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminars |
Events During the Week of September 16th through September 23rd, 2018
Monday, September 17th, 2018
- High performance fusion plasmas and explosive instability
- Time: 12:00 pm
- Place: 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Speaker: Steven Cowley, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
- Abstract: The highest fusion performance plasmas have been attained by suppressing the turbulence that
plagues fusion experiments. Unfortunately such plasmas frequently become unstable to explosive
instabilities that can release large amounts of destructive energy in a very short time. For this reason
these regimes are not considered candidates for ITER operation. I will discuss how explosive
flux tube instabilities occur, how they cause catastrophic heat loss and how they disconnect from
the confined plasma.
- Host: Ellen Zweibel
Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
- No events scheduled
Wednesday, September 19th, 2018
- No events scheduled
Thursday, September 20th, 2018
- No events scheduled
Friday, September 21st, 2018
- No events scheduled