From launching the most powerful spherical tokamak on Earth to discovering a mechanism that halts solar eruptions, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory advanced the boundaries of clean energy and
plasma science research in 2015.
The award honors Katherine Weimer, a pioneering research physicist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory at Princeton University, and was established by DPP to recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in
plasma science research by a woman physicist in the early years of her career.
Here they talk about the cool science they did at the Lab, which is devoted to fusion energy and
plasma science research.
Not exact matches
«This beauty of HAARP is that it's a way to turn the ionosphere into a
plasma lab where we can control the knobs and timing,» says Mark Moldwin, a professor of space
sciences at the University of Michigan who is not involved with the current
research.
Support for the work came from a NASA Jack Eddy postdoctoral fellowship for Dong through the Princeton Center for Heliophysics, led by Prof. Amitava Bhattacharjee, head of the PPPL Theory Department who serves as Dong's postdoctoral advisor, and the Max Planck - Princeton
Research Center for
Plasma Physics, jointly financed by the DOE Office of
Science and the National
Science Foundation.
On the other hand, in magnetic field confinement fusion
plasma intended for a fusion reactor, which
research is being conducted at the National Institute for Fusion
Science, development of high precision electron density measurements is becoming an important
research topic.
Dr Robert Fear from the University of Southampton (formerly at the University of Leicester, where much of the
research took place), and lead author of the paper published in
Science this week, says: «Previously it was unclear whether this hot
plasma was a result of direct solar wind entry through the lobes of the magnetosphere, or if the
plasma is somehow related to the
plasma sheet on the night side of Earth.
This
research was reported in a paper published in Physics of
Plasmas in February 2017, and received funding from the DOE's Office of
Science (Fusion Energy Sciences).
Published today in the journal
Plasma Sources Science and Technology, the research by the universities of Lisbon and Porto, and École Polytechnique in Paris, shows that the pressure and temperature ranges in the Martian atmosphere mean non-thermal (or non-equilibrium) plasma can be used to produce oxygen effici
Plasma Sources
Science and Technology, the
research by the universities of Lisbon and Porto, and École Polytechnique in Paris, shows that the pressure and temperature ranges in the Martian atmosphere mean non-thermal (or non-equilibrium)
plasma can be used to produce oxygen effici
plasma can be used to produce oxygen efficiently.
The
research was published in the August issue of
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion and funded by the DOE Office of
Science (Fusion Energy Sciences).
Welcome to the
Science Education Department at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), where we combine the lab's core research activities with science education programs to create a center of excellence for students, teachers and the general
Science Education Department at the Princeton
Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), where we combine the lab's core
research activities with
science education programs to create a center of excellence for students, teachers and the general
science education programs to create a center of excellence for students, teachers and the general public.
The PPPL Off - Site University
Research (OSUR) Program provides scientific outreach to a broad range of U.S. colleges and universities in various areas of
plasma and fusion
science.
At the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton
Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), research performed with collaborators from Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Computational Science at the State University of New York at Stony Brook has shown how plasma causes exceptionally strong, microscopic structures known as carbon nanotubes to
Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL),
research performed with collaborators from Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Computational
Science at the State University of New York at Stony Brook has shown how
plasma causes exceptionally strong, microscopic structures known as carbon nanotubes to
plasma causes exceptionally strong, microscopic structures known as carbon nanotubes to grow.
The Space
Science Laboratory (as part of the wider Solar Physics and Space
Plasma Research Centre (SP2RC) at The University of Sheffield) was recently awarded the STFC grant «Dynamics of key radiation belt emissions» (April 2018 to March 2021) and the successful applicant would have the opportunity to contribute to this active research project (depending on the topic of PhD
Research Centre (SP2RC) at The University of Sheffield) was recently awarded the STFC grant «Dynamics of key radiation belt emissions» (April 2018 to March 2021) and the successful applicant would have the opportunity to contribute to this active
research project (depending on the topic of PhD
research project (depending on the topic of PhD chosen).
More than 40 college students pursuing careers in physics, engineering and computer
science are spending their summer at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton
Plasma Physics Laboratory working with scientists and engineers on hands - on
research projects.
The Department of Energy's (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Office of
Science (SC) have awarded more than $ 14 million in
research awards as part of the Joint Program in High Energy Density Laboratory
Plasmas (HEDLP).
The responsibilities will include leading efforts to improve the diversity of students entering scientific fields, creating professional development workshops for K - 12 teachers, expanding collaborations with other
science educators, and mentoring student research projects (plasma physics or education) in our Science Education Labo
science educators, and mentoring student
research projects (
plasma physics or education) in our
Science Education Labo
Science Education Laboratory.
To analyze how the density gradient affected the strength of the electron turbulence, the team fed information about the
plasma's temperature and density into a program run on computers at the National Energy
Research Scientific Computing Center, a DOE Office of
Science User Facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California.
Many of these customers are working at the forefront of new technology - in the fields of
plasma research, surface
science, vacuum processing and gas analysis.
Ma has authored or co-authored more than 130 peer - reviewed journal publications and has been recognized with the Stix Award for Outstanding Early Career Contributions to
Plasma Research by the American Physical Society and the Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research
Research by the American Physical Society and the Presidential Early Career Award for
Science and Engineering, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research c
Science and Engineering, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on
science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research c
science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent
research research careers.
Dozens of PPPL scientists presented the results of their cutting - edge
research into magnetic fusion and
plasma science.
For more information, please see the 2012 Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) report titled Opportunities for Fusion Materials
Science and Technology
Research Now and During the ITER Era and the recent community report on
Plasma - Materials Interactions.
Specialism: Accelerators, neutron & light sources, Acoustics, Astronomy, cosmology & space
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Synakowski explored his own roots as a scientist, culminating in his current position with the Office of Fusion Energy
Science, which supports research to develop the scientific basis for fusion energy, and serves as a leading steward of plasma s
Science, which supports
research to develop the scientific basis for fusion energy, and serves as a leading steward of
plasma sciencescience.
The Frontiers of
Plasma Science involve research in largely unexplored areas of plasma physics, with a combination of theory, computer modeling, and experiment
Plasma Science involve
research in largely unexplored areas of
plasma physics, with a combination of theory, computer modeling, and experiment
plasma physics, with a combination of theory, computer modeling, and experimentation.
The community focused on broad
research areas critical to moving the field into the burning
plasma science era when there will be a strong focus on the creation and study of
plasmas where the energy to sustain fusion reactions is generated by the
plasma itself.
It is sponsored by the Princeton
Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and provides interdisciplinary support to graduate student research in plasma science and technology and their im
Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and provides interdisciplinary support to graduate student
research in
plasma science and technology and their im
plasma science and technology and their impact o
Prager noted further advances ranging from a new partnership between the Theory Department and the NSTX
research group to new programs in astrophysics and low - temperature
plasmas, new collaborations with superconducting fusion facilities around the world and new links to other parts of the University in fields that include
plasma astrophysics and material
sciences.
Dr. Sakanoi received his Ph.D. from Tohoku University, where he is also currently employed as an associate professor of the Planetary
Plasma and Atmospheric
Research Center, Graduate School of
Science.
The scope of COSPAR comprises space studies of the Earth's surface, meteorology and climate; space studies of the Earth - Moon system and other bodies of the solar system, including the search for evidence of life in the solar system; study of planetary atmospheres including those of the ever - expanding inventory of exoplanets; space
plasmas in the solar system;
research in astrophysics from space; life
sciences as related to space; materials
sciences in space; and fundamental physics in space.
Kristin Møller Gabrielsen of the Norwegian University of
Science and Technology in Trondheim and colleagues report in the journal Environmental
Research that they examined the liver, muscle and kidney tissues taken from seven polar bears killed by Inuit hunters in East Greenland in 2011 and analysed the effect of more than 50 contaminants in
plasma samples from Ursus maritimus, to see what effect organohalogen compounds could have on the bears» thyroid systems.