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 2007 February 16 -- Thomas Pedersen, Columbia University -- " Non-neutral plasmas in the CNT stellarator" February 21 -- Dr. Seiji Zenitani, GSFC/NASA Goddard Center -- "Particle Acceleration And Magnetic Dissipation Processes In The Plasma Sheets Of Relativistic Pair Plasmas" March 14 -- Dionisios Margetis, Department of Mathematics & IPST, University of Maryland -- "Recent surprises in asymptotics for continuum mechanics" April 11 -- Marc Swisdak, IREAP, University of Maryland -- "Magnetic Reconnection: Basic Theory and Modern Experiments" April 18 -- Robert Goldston, Jonathan Menard, PPPL, Princeton -- "The Path to Magnetic Fusion Energy: Crossing the Next Frontier" Fall 2006 Schedule Archive Spring 2006 Schedule Archive Fall 2005 Schedule Archive Spring 2005 Schedule Archive Fall 2004 Schedule Archive Spring 2004 Schedule Archive Fall 2003 Schedule Archive