Plasma Physics Seminar (Phys 769)

The Plasma Physics Seminar is held on Wednesday afternoons at 4:00 in the Energy Research Facility (Building 223) in room 1207. Theoreticians and experimentalists from the University of Maryland and other institutions in the area will present topics of interest to the plasma physics community. The focus will be on presenting material at a level that is largely accessible to graduate students who are beginning their research in plasma physics.  A number of tutorial talks will be given throughout the year, which will present broader topics with an emphasis on developing key concepts from a pedagogical perspective. Please direct any recommendations for potential speakers to George Stantchev (gogo@umd.edu) and Tomo Tatsuno (tatsuno@umd.edu). Schedule - Spring 2006 February 1 -- Yakov Dimant, Boston University-- "Evolution of meteor plasma trails: electric fields and diffusion" April 12 -- Murthy Gudipati, IPST, NASA Ames, and University of Cologne -- Spectroscopy of Low-Temperature Ices of Water Processed with Plasma (VUV) Radiation: Relevance to Planetary Astronomy & Origins of Life May 1 -- Carol Paty, University of Washington -- Understanding the Interaction between Ganymede's and Jupiter's Magnetospheres: Combining Multi-fluid Simulations and Observations May 3 -- Amiya Sen, Columbia University -- A New Paradigm for Plasma Transport and Zonal Flows May 10 -- Stefan Gerhardt, PPPL, Princeton -- Studies of Free Boundary Field-Reversed Configurations with Improved Stability in the Magnetic Reconnection Experiment May 11 -- Jan Egedal, MIT -- Magnetic Reconnection in Plasmas: a Celestial Phenomenon in the Laboratory Spring 2005 Schedule Archive Fall 2004 Schedule Archive Spring 2004 Schedule Archive Fall 2003 Schedule Archive