Higgs Centre-UKAEA Plasma Physics Workshop

8 Nov 2023, 09:00 → 10 Nov 2023, 17:00 Europe/London

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As part of a joint initiative by the Higgs Centre and UKAEA, we are holding a meeting on plasma physics theory 8-10 Nov, 2023. The meeting aims to bring together UKAEA and university experts and create interaction across this field. We envisage forming a UK-wide virtual centre for plasma theory, which we aim to seed in this first meeting.

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Wednesday, 8 November

15:00 → 15:45 Fulvio Militello (UKAEA) - overview of the UKAEA fusion programme and theoretical challenges

15:45 → 16:30 Colin Roach (UKAEA) - plasma turbulence

Colin Roach (UKAEA) - plasma turbulence

16:30 → 17:00 Coffee break

17:00 → 17:45 Samuli Saarelma (UKAEA) - MHD

Samuli Saarelma (UKAEA) - MHD

17:45 → 18:30 Discussion

19:35 → 21:35 Speakers Dinner

Thursday, 9 November

09:00 → 09:45 Michael Fitzgerald (UKAEA) - MHD and energetic particle physics

Michael Fitzgerald (UKAEA) - MHD and energetic particle physics

09:45 → 10:30 Robert Kingham (Imperial College) - TBA

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10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 11:45 Moritz Linkmann (Higgs Centre; School of Mathematics) - "Energy transfer, conversion and large-scale structure formation in MHD turbulence”

Moritz Linkmann (Higgs Centre; School of Mathematics) - "Energy transfer, conversion and large-scale structure formation in MHD turbulence”

11:45 → 12:30 Geoff Vasil (Higgs Centre; School of Mathematics) - "A fusion cuisine of MHD modelling and computation”

Geoff Vasil (Higgs Centre; School of Mathematics) - "A fusion cuisine of MHD modelling and computation”

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 14:45 Matthew McCormack (Edinburgh) - "Transitional behaviour in magnetoconvection"

14:45 → 15:30 Damiano Capocci (Tor Vergata / Edinburgh) - "Inertial transfer and small-scale structures in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence"

Damiano Capocci slides.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 → 17:30 Discussion

UK-wide virtual centre for plasma theory

Friday, 10 November

09:00 → 09:45 Saso Grozdanov (Higgs Centre) - Strong-field MHD

Saso Grozdanov (Higgs Centre) - Strong-field MHD

09:45 → 10:30 Jacob Page (Higgs Centre; School of Mathematics) - New computational methods for the dynamical systems view of turbulence

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Jacob Page (Higgs Centre; School of Mathematics) - New computational methods for the dynamical systems view of turbulence

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:00 Discussion

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 → 14:00 Colloquium Talk - Fulvio Militello

Colloquium Zoom Link (Pass: higgs_20)

Fulvio Militello (UKAEA, Culham) - The Quest for Fusion Energy

14:00 → 14:20 coffee break

14:20 → 14:45 MSc Project Talk - Samuli Saarelma (UKAEA)

MSc Project Talks - Samuli Saarelma (UKAEA), Colin Roach (UKAEA), Michael Fitzgerald (UKAEA), Fulvio Militello (UKAEA)

14:45 → 15:10 MSc Project Talk - Colin Roach (UKAEA)

MSc Project Talks - Samuli Saarelma (UKAEA), Colin Roach (UKAEA), Michael Fitzgerald (UKAEA), Fulvio Militello (UKAEA)

15:10 → 15:35 MSc Project Talk - Michael Fitzgerald (UKAEA)

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MSc Project Talks - Samuli Saarelma (UKAEA), Colin Roach (UKAEA), Michael Fitzgerald (UKAEA), Fulvio Militello (UKAEA)

15:35 → 16:00 MSc Project Talk - Fulvio Militello (UKAEA)

MSc Project Talks - Samuli Saarelma (UKAEA), Colin Roach (UKAEA), Michael Fitzgerald (UKAEA), Fulvio Militello (UKAEA)