RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN PLASMA PHYSICS
The physics of plasma is a subject of intense research worldwide because of its potential application to a new form of clean power production - fusion power.
In Australia this exciting area of physics is being studied by members of the Australian Fusion Research Group (AFRG), a consortium of universities under the umbrella of the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE), using the H-1NF Heliac at the recently opened National Plasma Fusion Research Facility (part of the Major National Facilities Program of the Department of Industry, Science and Technology) in Canberra. The Australian Fusion Research Group comprises The Australian National University, The University of Sydney, Flinders University and The University of Canberra.
The Facility operates under the Major National Research Facilities Program, Department of Industry Science and Tourism. Travel funds for access to the H-1NF facility are provided by AINSE, and funds for diagnostic infrastructure have been provided by the Australian Research Council.
Honours, postgraduate and postdoctoral
Research opportunities include
Experimental and theoretical work on confinement
and transport of plasma in the strong helical magnetic field of H-1NF. The physics of waves in plasmas Design, construction and operation of sophisticated
optical, laser and millimetre wave diagnostics for remote sensing of plasma
conditions, networked control and data acquisition over high speed networks,
and supercomputer simulation of plasma behaviour.
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