Fusion featured at AAAS meeting.The recent annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), private organization devoted to furthering the work of scientists and improving the effectiveness of science in the promotion of human welfare. (AAAS AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science. ) in Seattle featured a session of invited talks on burning fusion plasmas on February 13.The talks included: Burning Plasma Science, The Challenge and Opportunities, by G. Navratil (Columbia University) Turbulence and Transport in Burning Plasmas, by G. Hammett (Princeton University) Astrophysical Thermonuclear Plasmas, by R. Rosner (University of Chicago) Exploration of Fusion Plasmas Using Integrated Simulations, by J. Dahlburg (Naval Research Laboratory Noun 1. Naval Research Laboratory - the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines NRL ) and Dale Meade (PPPL) Inertial Confinement Fusion Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) is a process where nuclear fusion reactions are initiated by heating and compressing a fuel target, typically in the form of a pellet that most often contains a mixture of deuterium and tritium. , Physics of Ultra-high-energy Density Plasmas and a Potential Energy Source on Earth, by M. Tabak (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: see Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. (body) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - (LLNL) A research organaisatin operated by the University of California under a contract with the US Department of Energy. ) The Burning Plasma Experiment in Magnetic Fusion: What it is and how to do it, by S. Prager (University of Wisconsin) The talks are posted on Fire (http://fire.pppl.gov) |
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