Swiss Plasma Center

Plasma in the RAID device

Plasma in the RAID device

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The Swiss Plasma Center is one of the world’s leading fusion research laboratories. Through a wide range of research programs, all connected to education and training at different levels, we work to advance our understanding of the physics of plasmas and develop fusion as an energy source.

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Riccardo Agnello tests heating prototypes for ITER @Consorzio RFX

Swiss Plasma Center trains researchers to harness the sun's energy

Research

Holder of a recent PHD from the EPFL Swiss Plasma Center, Riccardo Agnello is now working for the nuclear fusion reactor ITER. The Swiss Plasma Center is making a major contribution to this enormous international project, which holds out great hope for clean, abundant energy without long-term radioactive waste.

Le réacteur à fusion nucléaire ITER © 2020 ITER

World's largest nuclear fusion reactor ITER begins assembly phase

Research

The world's largest nuclear fusion reactor ITER is now being assembled in the South of France. This major international scientific project is followed up at the EPFL Swiss Plasma Center, one of the world’s top research labs on nuclear fusion.

Rogério Jorge (right) getting his doctorate from Paolo Ricci

Rogério Jorge gets the Physics Doctoral Thesis Award

EPFL

Rogério Jorge got the award for his thesis entitled ‘A moment-based model for plasma dynamics at arbitrary collisionality’ supervised by Prof. Paolo Ricci at the Swiss Plasma Center and Prof. Nuno Loureiro at the MIT and at the University of Lisbon.

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The last 5 papers of the Swiss Plasma Center

Development of a plasma electroacoustic actuator for active noise control applications

S. Sergeev; H. Lissek; A. Howling; I. Furno; G. Plyushchev et al. 

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 2020-09-23. Vol. 53, num. 49, p. 495202. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6463/abafde.

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Plasma heating and generation of energetic D ions with the 3-ion ICRF + NBI scenario in mixed H-D plasmas at JET-ILW

Y. O. Kazakov; M. Nocente; M. J. Mantsinen; J. Ongena; Y. Baranov et al. 

Nuclear Fusion. 2020-11-01. Vol. 60, num. 11, p. 112013. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ab9256.

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Dynamic study of contact damping in martensitic stainless steels using nano-indentation

R. Mouginot; P. Spatig; H-P. Seifert 

Mechanics Of Materials. 2020-10-01. Vol. 149, p. 103541. DOI : 10.1016/j.mechmat.2020.103541.

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The impact of anisotropy on ITER scenarios

M. J. Hole; Z. Qu; S. Pinches; M. Schneider; I. L. Arbina et al. 

Nuclear Fusion. 2020-11-01. Vol. 60, num. 11, p. 112010. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ab8ef6.

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Isotope dependence of energy, momentum and particle confinement in tokamaks

H. Weisen; C. F. Maggi; M. Oberparleiter; F. J. Casson; Y. Camenen et al. 

Journal Of Plasma Physics. 2020-10-01. Vol. 86, num. 5, p. 905860501. DOI : 10.1017/S0022377820000781.

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