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DTSTART:20141209T180500Z
DTEND:20141209T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260416T144457Z
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LOCATION:4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
SUMMARY:Chasing fast dynamos in the Plasma Lab\, Chaos & Complex Syste
 ms Seminar\, Cary Forest\, UW Department of Physics
DESCRIPTION:The Madison Plasma Dynamo eXperiment is now exploring a hi
 therto unexplored part of  parameter space where dynamos operate in na
 ture. Dynamos are systems which continuously transform kinetic energy 
 from plasma flow into magnetic energy. Discovering the conditions unde
 r which dynamos self-generate magnetic fields and then understanding h
 ow this field changes plasma dynamics is one of the most compelling qu
 estions in all of plasma astrophysics. In plasma astrophysics\, the mo
 st important issue to be resolved is the fast large scale dynamo probl
 em\, namely "How does a highly conducting turbulent plasma self-genera
 te magnetic energy at small-scales that ultimately self-organizes into
  large scale field?" MPDX has the potential to study dynamos\, includi
 ng fast dynamos\, and related processes experimentally. I'll explain w
 hat this is and how we can make this happen in my talk.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=3506
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