Department of Thermonuclear Plasma Research
The Department of Thermonuclear Plasma Research is one of the three departments that constitute the basic organizational structure of the Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion. The Department primarily implements projects related to nuclear fusion with magnetic plasma confinement in the broad sense, mainly as part of the European EUROfusion consortium.
The Department consists of:
- Laboratory of Plasma Research with Spectroscopic Methods – head: dr hab. Agata Chomiczewska
- Laboratory of Stellarator Plasma Research – head: dr hab. Sławomir Jabłoński
- Laboratory of Numerical Plasma Modelling – head: dr Piotr Chmielewski
- Laboratory of X-ray Diagnostics
- Laboratory of Neutrons and Gamma Radiation Diagnostics
The Department performs works related to the development of diagnostics for fusion devices, research on the behaviour of plasma contamination on various tokamak and stellarator devices, as well as works dealing with modelling plasma phenomena. The employees of the Department actively participate in the experimental campaigns on the JET tokamak (in Great Britain), ASDEX Upgrade (in Germany), WEST (in France), TCV (in Switzerland), as well as the W7-X stellarator (in Germany) or LHD (in Japan). Moreover, the Department conducts extensive research on the PWI (Plasma Wall Interaction) in an aim to develop diagnostic techniques which will guarantee the proper operation of the new generation of tokamaks as far as durability, safety and device performance are concerned.
The research is conducted by both experienced and beginning researchers whose work and scientific achievements are recognized all over the world. Raising the qualifications of research staff is reflected by obtaining higher and higher degrees and titles. The results of the research works carried out in the Department are being continuously presented at international conferences and published in renowned scientific journals.
Building of the Department of Thermonuclear Plasma Research
