Alcator C-Mod Tour
TBD, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
| Jan/11 | Wed | 04:00PM-05:00PM | NW17-218 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Visit the Alcator C-Mod tokamak, a major fusion energy experiment that recently completed its final run with breakthrough results. Alcator C- Mod is the third in a series of tokamak devices at MIT that use very high magnetic fields to confine plasmas operating near 100,000,000 degrees.
Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Contact: Paul Rivenberg, NW16-284, 617 253-8101, RIVENBERG@PSFC.MIT.EDU
Exploring high-energy-density science at OMEGA and the NIF using MIT-developed nuclear diagnostics
Hong Weng Sio, Graduate Student
| Jan/13 | Fri | 11:00AM-12:00PM | NW17-218 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
This overview of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) and High-Energy-Density (HED) science, highlights MIT’s High-Energy-Density Division work at two major US ICF facilities: Omega and the NIF. MIT’s work at these facilities is based on design and implementation of novel diagnostics, platforms, and analyses, developed at the PSFC accelerator facility.
Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Contact: Paul Rivenberg, 617 253-8101, RIVENBERG@PSFC.MIT.EDU
Fusion energy and MIT's pathway for accelerated demonstration with high-magnetic field tokamaks
Zach Hartwig, Professor
| Jan/11 | Wed | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 1-190 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
This talk will introduce the key concepts of producing clean, safe, and carbon-free electricity from magnetic fusion energy. It will review the present state of fusion energy research and then introduce MIT's proposed pathway to use high-field superconducting magnets to achieve fusion energy at smaller unit size, at lower cost, and on a timescale relevant to climate change.
Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Contact: Paul Rivenberg, NW16-284, 617 253-8101, RIVENBERG@PSFC.MIT.EDU
High-Energy-Density Physics Laboratory tour
Cody Parker, Postdoctoral Associate, Graeme Sutcliffe, Graduate Student
| Jan/13 | Fri | 01:00PM-02:00PM | NW17-218 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
This tour showcases Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) research at MIT. The PSFC High-Energy-Density Physics group has developed and/or calibrated a number of nuclear diagnostics installed on the OMEGA laser at the University of Rochester, NY, and on the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, CA, to study nuclear products generated in fusion reactions.
Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Contact: Paul Rivenberg, NW16-284, 617 253-8101, RIVENBERG@PSFC.MIT.EDU
High-energy-density physics on NIF
Warren Hsing, Program Director High Energy Density S&T NIF
| Jan/13 | Fri | 02:00PM-03:00PM | NW17-218 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
NIF is the most energetic laser in the world, allowing access to high energy densities ranging from Mbars in solid state to Gbars in implosions. This enables the study of relevant physics spanning planetary cores, inertial confinement fusion, and supernovae. A summary of experiments and future capabilities will be presented.
Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Contact: Paul Rivenberg, NW16-284, 617 253-8101, RIVENBERG@PSFC.MIT.EDU
How the universe magnetizes itself: instabilities, turbulence and magnetic reconnection
Nuno Loureiro, Assistant Professor
| Jan/25 | Wed | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 1-190 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
The universe is magnetized: from galaxies and galaxy clusters to the solar system, including of course the Sun and our own planet, magnetic fields are found everywhere we care to look. It is reasonably well established that magnetic fields were not created in the Big Bang, so a question naturally arises as to where they come from. Understanding cosmic magnetogenesis, as the problem is usually called, is plasma physics at its very best, involving a rather complex interplay of battery-like effects, instabilities at the electron and ion scales, turbulent amplification (dynamo), and magnetic reconnection to enable magnetic-field topology change. This lecture will aim to describe these processes at an introductory level, and their role in magnetic field generation, amplification and dynamics.
Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Contact: Paul Rivenberg, NW16-284, 617 253-8101, RIVENBERG@PSFC.MIT.EDU
How to control the climate
David Keith, Professor of Applied Physics
| Feb/02 | Thu | 02:00PM-03:00PM | NW17-218 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
What tools exist, or could reasonably be developed, to directly alter the Earth's climate? What are the limits to solar geoengineering? What are the ethics might apply to the development of such tools?
Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Contact: Paul Rivenberg, NW16-284, 617 253-8101, RIVENBERG@PSFC.MIT.EDU
New financing models for funding fusion energy
Andrew Lo, Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor
| Jan/23 | Mon | 02:00PM-03:00PM | NW17-218 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
The idea of fusion energy is nearly half a century old, yet we still seem far away from "ignition." One of the biggest hurdles is lack of funding. However, the recent announcement by Softbank of a $100 billion technology fund suggests that there *is* money available if we can create a financially attractive investment vehicle to commercialize fusion technology. In this talk, Prof. Lo will describe some of the necessary financial ingredients for launching such a fund.
Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Contact: Paul Rivenberg, NW16-284, 617 253-8101, RIVENBERG@PSFC.MIT.EDU
Plasma Science and Fusion Center IAP Series
Abhay Ram, Principal Research Scientist, Paul Rivenberg, Communications and Outreach Coordinator, Martin Greenwald, Deputy Director, PSFC
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, 617 253-8101, RIVENBERG@PSFC.MIT.EDU
| Jan/11 | Wed | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 1-190 |
MIT's pathway for accelerated demonstration with high-magnetic field tokamaks
An intro to key concepts of producing clean, safe, and carbon-free electricity from magnetic fusion energy, this talk will review current fusion energy research, and introduce MIT's proposed path to using high-field superconducting magnets to achieve fusion energy at smaller unit size, lower cost, and on a timescale relevant to climate change.
Zach Hartwig - Assistant Professor
| Jan/11 | Wed | 04:00PM-05:00PM | NW17-218 |
Visit the Alcator C-Mod tokamak, a major fusion energy experiment that recently completed its final fun with breakthrough results. Alcator C- Mod is the third in a series of tokamak devices at MIT that use very high magnetic fields to confine plasmas operating near 100,000,000 degrees.
Session Leaders TBD
| Jan/13 | Fri | 11:00AM-12:00PM | NW17-218 |
Exploring high-energy-density science at OMEGA and the NIF using MIT-developed nuclear diagnostics
This overview of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) and High-Energy-Density (HED) science, highlights MIT¿s High-Energy-Density Division work at two major US ICF facilities: Omega and the NIF.
Hong Weng Sio - Graduate Student
| Jan/13 | Fri | 01:00PM-02:00PM | NW17-218 |
This tour showcases Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) research at MIT. The PSFC High-Energy-Density Physics group has developed and/or calibrated a number of nuclear diagnostics installed on the OMEGA laser at the University of Rochester, NY, and on the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, CA, to study nuclear products generated in fusion reactions.
Cody Parker - Postdoctoral Associate, Graeme Sutcliffe - Graduate Student
| Jan/13 | Fri | 02:00PM-03:00PM | NW17-218 |
NIF is the most energetic laser in the world, allowing access to high energy densities ranging from Mbars in solid state to Gbars in implosions. This enables the study of relevant physics spanning planetary cores, inertial confinement fusion, and supernovae. A summary of experiments and future capabilities will be presented.
Warren Hsing - Program Director, High Energy Density S&T, NIF
| Jan/23 | Mon | 02:00PM-03:00PM | NW17-218 |
One of the biggest hurdles to fusion energy is lack of funding. However, the recent announcement by Softbank of a $100 billion technology fund suggests that there *is* money available if we can create a financially attractive investment vehicle to commercialize fusion technology. In this talk, Prof. Lo will describe some of the necessary financial ingredients for launching such a fund.
Andrew Lo - Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor
| Jan/25 | Wed | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 1-190 |
It is reasonably well established that magnetic fields were not created in the Big Bang. A question naturally arises as to where they come from. Understanding cosmic magnetogenesis, as the problem is usually called, is plasma physics at its very best. Learn about these processes at an introductory level, and their role in magnetic field generation, amplification and dynamics.
Nuno Loureiro - Assistant Professor, NSE
| Feb/02 | Thu | 02:00PM-03:00PM | NW17-218 |
What tools exist, or could reasonably be developed, to directly alter the Earth's climate? What are the limits to solar geoengineering? What are the ethics might apply to the development of such tools?
David Keith - Gordon McKay Prof. of Applied Physics
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