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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Joaquim Loizu (left), recipient of the 2020 IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Plasma Physics receiving the award from Minh Quang Tran [Chair, IUPAP Commission C16] © DR

Joaquim Loizu granted the IUPAP 2020 Prize in plasma physics

Research

Joaquim Loizu, a researcher at EPFL’s Swiss Plasma Center, is the recipient of IUPAP’s (International Union of pure and applied physics) 2020 Young Scientist Prize in plasma physics. This prize is awarded annually to a young international scientist for outstanding research.

The TCV Tokamak at EPFL’s Swiss Plasma Center © A. Herzog / EPFL

Heat loss control method in fusion reactors in Nature Communications

Research

The core of a fusion reactor is incredibly hot. Hydrogen that inevitably escapes from it must be cooled on its way to the wall, as otherwise, the reactor wall would be damaged. Researchers from the Dutch institute DIFFER and EPFL’s Swiss Plasma Center have developed a strict measurement and control method for the cooling of very hot particles escaping from fusion plasmas. This milestone for fusion research is published in Nature Communications. 

Prof. Ch. Theiler in front of TCV © Alain Herzog, 2020

2020 Nuclear Fusion journal award to Prof. Christian Theiler

Research

Prof. Christian Theiler received the IAEA's Nuclear Fusion Journal Award 2020 for his paper presenting ‘Results from recent detachment experiments in alternative divertor configurations on TCV’.

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The last 5 papers of the Swiss Plasma Center

Computation of linear MHD instabilities with Multi-region Relaxed MHD energy principle

A. Kumar; Z. Qu; M. J. Hole; A. Wright; J. Loizu et al. 

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2021-01-14. Vol. 63, num. 4, p. 045006. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/abdbd0.

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Real-time applications of Electron Cyclotron Emission interferometry for disruption avoidance during the plasma current ramp-up phase at JET

M. Fontana; C. D. Challis; N. J. Conway; R. Felton; A. Goodyear et al. 

Fusion Engineering And Design. 2020-12-01. Vol. 161, p. 111934. DOI : 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2020.111934.

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Imaging spectropolarimetry for magnetic field diagnostics in solar prominences

R. Di Campli; R. Ramelli; M. Bianda; I. Furno; S. K. Dhara et al. 

Astronomy & Astrophysics. 2020-12-04. Vol. 644, p. A89. DOI : 10.1051/0004-6361/202037931.

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Fibronectin/thermo-responsive polymer scaffold as a dynamic ex vivo niche for mesenchymal stem cells

L. Ramalho; S. Nedjari; R. Guarino; F. Awaja; D. Gugutkov et al. 

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine. 2020-11-30. Vol. 31, num. 12. DOI : 10.1007/s10856-020-06461-y.

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Four-dimensional drift-kinetic model for scrape-off layer plasmas

L. M. Perrone; R. Jorge; P. Ricci 

Physics Of Plasmas. 2020-11-01. Vol. 27, num. 11, p. 112502. DOI : 10.1063/5.0024968.

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