10-year Anniversary of the 3D-PSI Group
February 29, 2024- More 2024 posts
2023
Successful Participation on APS-DPP 2023 annual meeting in Denver, CO!
2023-11-02: Successful Participation on APS-DPP annual meeting! On this year’s annual gathering of plasma and fusion scientists organized by the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics (APS-DPP), the 3DPSI group showed several major accomplishments …
February 29, 2024Paper about Multiphysics Modeling of Impurity Transport for FNSF Startup Scenario with ERO2.0 was published!
The study titled “Multiphysics Modeling of Impurity Transport for FNSF Startup Scenario with ERO2.0” is focused on multiphysics modeling of the Fusion Nuclear Science Facility conceptualization study. The work is the first of its kind …
January 28, 2023- More 2023 posts
2022
Paper Published About “Numerical error analysis of SOLPS-ITER simulations of EAST” by D. Boeyaert et al.
A new paper authored by Dieter Boeyaert et al., “Numerical error analysis of SOLPS-ITER simulations of EAST” , is published in Nuclear Fusion. Plasma edge simulations with codes like SOLPS-ITER are widely employed to interpret …
November 12, 2022Congrats! Post-doctoral Researcher Mykola Ialovega won the 1st place Peoples’ Choice Poster Award at the 7th Annual Postdoctoral Symposium.
Post-doctoral Researcher Mykola Ialovega won the 1st place Peoples’ Choice Poster Award at the 7th Annual Postdoctoral Symposium organized by the Postdoctoral Association of the UW on Last Friday(09/23/2022). During the Symposium, He presented a …
September 28, 2022Outreach Activity Plasma Academy in Summer 2022.
This summer the Plasma Academy program will be offered August 15th – 19th. Plasma Academy is a one week course that is meant to teach middle and high school teachers about plasma and equip them with curriculum to share with their students. We …
July 21, 2022PhD Student Erik Flom was awarded 1st prize in the PhD student poster competition at the International Stellarator and Heliotron Workshop (ISHW) in Warsaw. Congratulations!
Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) organises its event entitled ISHW 2022 — 16 23rd International Stellarator-Heliotron Workshop to be held in Warsaw, Poland. It covers various areas of Physics including Plasma and Gas-discharge Physics, …
June 21, 2022- More 2022 posts
2021
Helicon plasma was successfully established in the new Madison AWAKE Prototype (MAP) device!
In the course of the last days, a one-year-long construction process has cumulated in the breakdown of a helicon plasma. This plasma state, driven by a specific radio-frequency wave that propagates in magnetized plasma, features …
September 15, 2021Graphene Coating on polycrystalline Tungsten was explored in multi-institutional work led by post-doctoral researcher Xavier Navarro-Gonzales in 3D-PSI group!
One of the most elusive challenges when talking about fusion reactors, is the selection of an appropriate material for plasma-facing components. Significant resources and experimental programs have been dedicated to the study of tungsten and …
May 18, 2021- More 2021 posts
2020
Paper about Stable detachment with efficient particle exhaust at W7-X was published!
A major milestone in the exploration of the Island Divertor concept in stellarators has been published [https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1741-4326/abb51e] by O. Schmitz as part of a multi-institutional team at the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator. The island divertor …
December 16, 2020New Research Opens Path To Integrated Solution For Optimizing Control Of Power Fluxes on ITER
Temperature at the plasma boundary: a 2-D toroidally symmetric plasma (left), and a 3-D non-symmetric plasma with a magnetic field modified by ELM control coils (right). Corresponding heat loads on the outer divertor target are …
October 21, 2020Group Research Highlighted by DoE SC Website
An example from the DOE DIII-D facility of the perturbation to the edge region of a tokamak’s magnetic field due to resonant magnetic fields. Image credit: H. Frerichs. A highlight on the website of the …
September 25, 2020Computational Analysis Of Heat Deposition Pattern Dependance On RMP Phasing For KSTAR
Authors: Jonathan Van Blarcum, Heinke Frerichs, Oliver Schmitz, Jong-Kyu Park, SeongMoo Yang Affiliations: UW Madison, PPPL Poloidal profiles for the increasing RMP current scan. 2D Heat Deposition onto the diverter plates with the location of the Max …
August 18, 2020- More 2020 posts
2019
Helicon plasma cell prototype setup for AWAKE project at CERN finished – research is commencing.
We are working as member of the AWAKE project at CERN on the development of a helicon plasma cell to be used as acceleration stage in the innovative particle driven wake-field particle accelerator concept. This …
December 1, 2019Collaborative International Laboratory for Advanced Stellarator Divertors was funded by Helmholtz Association in Germany.
The Helmholtz International Laboratory for Advanced optimized Divertors in Stellarators (HILOADS) was selected for funding by the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers (HGF). This project is build to enhance the existing collaboration between the …
October 28, 2019Two invited talks on impurity transport and detached divertor physics topics in 3D boundaries presented at APS-DPP meeting 2019.
Two invited talks were delivered at the 2019 venue of the APS-DPP divisional conference in Fort Lauderdale. Edward Hinson reported on first time results on helium decontamination of future burning fusion plasmas by application of …
October 20, 20192019 venue of the Plasma Academy, an NSF funded plasma outreach program for high school teachers and students, was conducted.
Three teachers and seven students participated in the 2019 venue of the Plasma Academy, an outreach event targeted at high-school teachers and students. Participants are introduced to the basics of plasma physics in the form …
August 6, 2019- More 2019 posts
2018
Showcase of 3D Plasma Edge and Material Interaction Research and Plasma Helicon Research for the AWAKE Project at CERN at UW Madison at APS-DPP meeting in Portland, Oregon
The 3D-PSI group has a strong appearance on this year’s annual meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics (DPP) of the American Physics Society (APS) in Portland, Oregon. Contributions are ranging from seminal advances in …
November 5, 2018Talk about first results from divertor heat flux control experiments at Wendelstein 7-X delivered on 2019 Fusion Energy Conference of the IAEA in Mahatma Mandir, India.
PhD Florian Effenberg, who just graduated in July of this year, has presented the results of his thesis and from very recent experiments developed and coordinated by him at the 2019 venue of the Fusion …
October 26, 2018August issue of Nature Physics with title story on Wendelstein 7-X paper co-authored by UW Madison researchers.
The title story of the August 2018 issue of Nature Physics is based on a paper co-authored by personnel of the 3D-PSI group at UW Madison. In the paper by A. Dinklage et al. on “Magnetic Confinement …
August 14, 2018Outreach activities on Plasma Physics commencing in Summer 2018.
Professor Schmitz has conceptualized in the past two years a number of outreach activities and these outreach activities are now commencing for the first time. The declared goal of this program in the K-12 education …
June 4, 2018- More 2018 posts
2017
PhD student Florian Effenberg was awarded the 2017 James D. Callen Fellowship for Excellence in Plasma Theory. Congratulations!
The 2017 James D. Callen Fellowship for Excellence in Plasma Theory was warded to PhD student Florian Effenberg. Florian works on numerical modeling of 3D plasma edge transport and radiative divertor scenarios for the Wendelstein …
December 13, 2017Two papers on the Plasma Material Interaction in 3-D plasma boundaries were published in Physica Scripta following presentations at the International Conference for Plasma Facing Components (PFMC) 2017 in ness, Germany.
Two papers on plasma material interaction were recently published in Physics Scripta. The first article authored by PhD student Victoria Winters on “Overview of the plasma surface interaction analysis in the limiter phase of W7-X” …
November 13, 2017Successful participation of the 3D-PSI group on the 2017 conference of the Division of Plasma Physics of APS in Milwaukee.
It was almost a home game for us in Milwaukee last week. Seven posters and one contributed oral talk were presented by the members of the 3D-PSI group on this most important national meeting in …
October 23, 2017Neutral particles can drive significant plasma flows in the edge of a high temperature plasma.
Full 3-D modeling of plasma edge transport and the interaction with the neutral particles around this edge plasma revealed the impact of localized neutral sources on the plasma flow pattern. PhD Student Ian Waters carried …
October 10, 2017- More 2017 posts
2016
Strong presence of group members and affiliated group members on this years APS-DPP meeting in San Jose, California.
Please find all talks and poster linked below: L. Stephey, invited talk on “Control of neutral particle fueling and exhaust by plasma edge topology optimization In Wendelstein 7-X and HSX” F. Effenberg, contributed talk on “Analysis of …
October 31, 2016Paper by Heinke Frerichs on 3-D edge modeling for Advanced Divertors at NSTX-Upgrade selected as Editor’s Pick in Physics of Plasmas.
The paper recently published in Physics of Plasmas by Dr. H. Frerichs discussing a survey of results on the effect of RMP fields on advanced divertor configurations at NSTX-Upgrade was selected as Editor’s Pick. Congratulations, Heinke! In this paper, …
September 9, 2016Paper on Enhancement of Helium Exhaust using Resonant Magnetic Perturbations was published.
A paper was published in Nuclear Fusion today by Prof. O. Schmitz demonstrating on two devices that resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP) fields can be used to enhance the exhaust of helium from fusion plasmas. Sufficient helium exhaust is a …
August 10, 2016- More 2016 posts
2015
First plasma in Wendelstein 7-X and first measurements for us!
The first official plasma has been obtained in Wendelstein 7-X today at 2015-12-10T12:28:15.182965421Z in the official W7-X time base. We participated remotely in the inauguration ceremony and could feel the excitement of all people involved …
December 10, 2015Two papers published in the present volume of Physics of Plasmas!
One paper deals with the helical modulation of the electrostatic potential around edge magnetic islands in tokamaks and the similarity to ion and electron root transport in stellarators. This paper is the result of a collaborative study with Drs. G. …
November 5, 2015Wendelstein 7-X stellarator is ready for operation!
The Wendelstein 7-X stellarator designed, constructed and soon to be operated by the Max-Plank-Institute for Plasma Physics in Greifswald Germany is ready for operation. In the past couple of weeks the superconducting magnetic coils system …
July 16, 2015- More 2015 posts
2014
The first grant was awarded by the Department of Energy to our research group for work at NSTX-Upgrade!
Title: Control of Neutral Fueling and Helium Exhaust in NSTX-Upgrade Plasmas by Three-Dimensional Magnetic Control Fields. DoE Grant number DE-SC0012315. Short description (public abstract): This research targets the understanding and optimization of the physical processes that define fueling and …
August 22, 2014Good News: First plasma was launched at MARIA.
On September 16, 2014 the first plasma was launched in the renovated Magnetized AnisotRopic Ion-distribution Apparatus (MARIA). Victoria Winters, the graduate student working on the device accomplished this important step together with Umiar Siddiqui, a former …
August 22, 2014- More 2014 posts