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DTSTART:20081216T180000Z
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LOCATION:2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 11:30 am)
SUMMARY:Magnetic Self-Organization in the Reversed Field Pinch\, Physi
 cs Department Colloquium\, John Sarff\, Department of Physics\, Univer
 sity of Wisconsin
DESCRIPTION:Magnetic self-organization in a plasma refers to processes
  where\, for example\, gradients in the plasma current and pressure le
 ad to magnetic instabilities\, which in turn feedback on the structure
  of the plasma and its free energy sources. The reversed field pinch (
 RFP) magnetically confined plasma exhibits a number of self-organizing
  effects that resemble those observed or believed important in astroph
 ysical plasmas\, thus providing an excellent laboratory to help unders
 tand the self-organizing processes. The RFP is also a candidate approa
 ch to plasma confinement for thermonuclear fusion. In the fusion conte
 xt\, magnetic self-organization is both a challenge and opportunity fo
 r achieving a sustained hot plasma. Research from the Madison Symmetri
 c Torus here in the UW physics department will be described to illustr
 ate self-organization physics in the RFP.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=1374
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