Graduate Summer School Description

The school consists of 3 mini-courses of five 1.5 hour lectures each. For the 2018 GSS, the three topics - turbulence, reconnection/dynamos, and diagnostics - were selected for their relevance to a wide range of sub-fields of plasma physics. The mini-courses were taught by PPPL scientists and professors (see Instructors below).

• Turbulence (Hammett & Guttenfelder)
• Magnetic reconnection and Dynamo - common problems in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas (Ebrahimi & Prager)
• Diagnostics: This section will be divided into 5 lectures focusing on different diagnostic techniques:
  • Laser aided diagnostics (Diallo)
  • Visible and X-Ray spectroscopy (Delgado-Aparicio)
  • High energy density plasma diagnostics (Gao)
  • Microwave diagnostics (Kramer)
  • Probes (Jaworski)

Participants were given a tour of PPPL. Participants also presented on their research (or on their group's research if they hadn't begun research themselves) at a poster session during the week or presented orally to the group. Additionally various opportunitites were given throughout the week to meet and interact with PPPL students and scientists with the purpose of promoting future collaborations.

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