LNF:Plasma Physics

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

• E. Ascasíbar et al, Fusion Engineering and Design 56-57 (2001) 145-154
• C. Hidalgo et al, Nucl. Fusion 45 (2005) S266-S275
• D- López-Bruna et al, AIP Conf. Proc. 875 (2006) 357-362
• J. Sánchez et al, Nucl. Fusion 47 (2007) S677-S685
• J. Sánchez et al, Proc. Fusion Energy Conf. (2008)

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