Martin Greenwald, Abhay Ram, Paul Rivenberg
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
This series introduces plasma physics research and areas of related interest at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center. See URL below. http://www.psfc.mit.edu/
Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Contact: Paul Rivenberg, NW16-284, x3-8101, rivenberg@psfc.mit.edu
| Jan/14 | Tue | 11:00AM-12:00PM | NW17-218 |
Prospects, Promises and Problems: An Introduction to the Physics and Policies Behind Fusion Energy
This talk will provide an introduction to the basic nuclear physics and plasma physics forming the scientific foundation for fusion energy research; and will also present summaries of national strategies, from around the world, to develop fusion energy.
Anne White - Assistant Professor
| Jan/14 | Tue | 02:00PM-03:00PM | NW17-218 |
Developing a Road Map to Magnetic Fusion Energy
A status report will be given on the early stages of a grass roots effort to develop a framework for a US Road Map to Magnetic Fusion Energy.
Dale Meade - Head of Next Step Options and FIRE Design, PPPL
| Jan/15 | Wed | 11:00AM-12:00PM | NW17-218 |
Fusion Energy Research at The National Ignition Facility: The Pursuit of the Ultimate Clean, Inexhaustible Energy Source
This talk will discuss the science of the inertial confinement approach to fusion energy and review recent results from the National Ignition Facility (NIF).
John Moody - Research Scientist
| Jan/15 | Wed | 02:00PM-03:00PM | NW17-218 |
MIT Research in High-Energy Density Plasmas at OMEGA and the NIF
The High-Energy-Density Physics (HEDP) division at MIT performs cutting-edge research programs using laser-generated plasmas and unique nuclear spectral, imaging, and time-resolved diagnostics. Recent work with relevance to Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF), Plasma Nuclear Science, and basic plasma physics will be presented.
Hans Rinderknecht - PSFC Graduate Student
| Jan/16 | Thu | 02:00PM-03:00PM | NW17-218 |
Voyager in the Interstellar Plasma: What are We Seeing?
The Voyager spacecrafts, still operational more than 35 years after launch, are now traveling beyond the outer limits of the sun's influence into the interstellar plasma.
John Belcher - Professor of Physics
| Jan/16 | Thu | 03:15PM-04:15PM | NW17-218 |
Tour the PSFC Inertial Confinement Fusion Laboratory to see how they are contributing to energy experiments at the University of Rochester's OMEGA laser and the National Ignition Facility (NIF).
Maria Gatu Johnson - Research Scientist
| Jan/17 | Fri | 11:00AM-12:00PM | NW17-218 |
What's Over the Horizon? The Future of Magnetic Fusion Research at MIT
Alcator C-Mod has been an innovative, world-leading facility for fusion energy research at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center for over 20 years. As they look towards the future, MIT scientists and engineers will continue to use their experience from C-Mod to push the frontiers of fusion science and technology at home and around the globe.
Greg Wallace - Research Scientist
| Jan/17 | Fri | 01:00PM-02:00PM | NW17-218 |
Visit the Alcator C-Mod tokamak, a well-tested approach to fusion research that has direct applications to ITER, the world's largest tokamak, currently under construction in France.
Mark Chilenski - Alcator C-Mod Grad Student