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 Marc Swisdak (swisdakREMOVETHIS@umd.THISTOO.edu). Schedule - Spring 2010 January 27 -- Dr. Dana Longcope, Montana State University -- "Quantifying Magnetic Reconnection in the Solar Corona" February 3 -- Dr. Jared Wahlstrand, IREAP -- "Quantum noise limits in femtosecond frequency combs" February 17 -- Dr. Mehmet Yilmaz, U. Nevada - Reno -- "Radiative properties of L-shell Mo and K-shell Al plasmas from planar and cylindrical wire arrays imploded at 1 MA Z-pinch generator" February 24 -- Dr. Olgerts Dumbrajs, Euratom/University of Latvia -- "The role of stochastization in fast MHD phenomena in ASDEX upgrade" April 7 -- Dr. Daniel Gordon, Naval Research Laboratory -- "Angular momentum of light in blowout laser wakefields" April 14 -- Dr. Richard Berger, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory -- "Propagation and Stimulated Scattering of Laser Light at the National Ignition Facility" Fall 2009 Schedule Archive Spring 2009 Schedule Archive Fall 2008 Schedule Archive Spring 2008 Schedule Archive Fall 2007 Schedule Archive Spring 2007 Schedule Archive 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