LNF:Plasma Physics

Plasma Physics is the main research topic at the Laboratorio Nacional de Fusión.

Research topics

Experiment

• Transport and magnetic configuration, iota effects
• Confinement transitions, zonal flows
• Internal Transport Barriers
• Plasma Wall Interaction
• Instabilities
• Turbulence

Theory

• Neoclassical transport
• Self-Organised Criticality
• Non-diffusive transport
• Gyrokinetic simulations