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𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲: a captivating 3D experience Have you ever dreamed of witnessing the mesmerizing dance of atomic particles in a fusion reactor? Now's your chance! Thanks to an extraordinary 3D visualization project by EPFL's Experimental Museology Laboratory (EM+), in collaboration with the Advanced Computing Hub at the Swiss Plasma Center, you can immerse yourself in this fascinating world. This ambitious project, initiated by EUROfusion, represents three years of collaboration aimed at recreating as realistically as possible what happens inside the experimental fusion device of the Swiss Plasma Center: the Tokamak à Configuration Variable. "The physics behind the visualization process is extremely complicated,” explains Paolo Ricci, director of the Swiss Plasma Center. “Tokamaks have many different moving parts: particles with heterogenous behavior, magnetic fields, waves for heating the plasma, particles injected from the outside, gases, and more. Even physicists have a hard time sorting everything out. The visualization developed by EM+ combines the standard output of simulation programs – basically, tables of numbers – with real-time visualization techniques that the lab uses to create a video-game-like atmosphere.” This tool created by EM+, headed by Sarah Kenderdine, not only helps scientists precisely capture their computational results but also offers everyone else a glimpse into the future of energy. 👉 Read the very good article of Anne-Muriel Brouet here: https://lnkd.in/ekBFAy9p 👉 Here is a teaser of the video: Electrons appear in red, protons in green, and the blue lines represent the magnetic field. Stay tuned, as we will soon share the full video. #3Dvisualization #TCV #tokamak #epfl #plasmaphysics #fusion #fusionenergy

The Tokamak and Stellarator are challenged by introducing the Looperator. Chapter 4: The Looperator uses mirror symmetry to balance bifurcation. https://lnkd.in/ethBQ--B : Journal of High Energy Physics, Gravitation and Cosmology > Vol.10 No.1, January 2024. The Looperator is designed for the confinement of plasma within a vessel, exhibiting the shape of a double helix, which is surrounded by a plurality of Helmholtz coils. The plasma volume is defined by a central magnetic field line composed of four equal semicircular arcs, which define four magnetic planes connected by four joints. These joints define a common plane of angular momentum, which lies on the surface of a central transformation sphere around the centre point of the fusion reactor. The off-centre magnetic field lines are arranged in several concentric layers within the tubular surfaces of the double helix, all of which lie on the same transformation sphere around the off-centred midpoints. With respect to the central magnetic field line, Helmholtz coils are arranged concentrically at regular intervals transverse to the magnetically induced flow of the plasma and create a spherical magnetic field which forces equal path lengths for particles of spin quantum number 1/2 in two halves of a spherical double helix, which are mirror images of each other at a zero line and define two periods of a ring-shaped oscillation. Due to the chiasm of the double helix, each individual magnetic field line represents an endless loop divided into two halves with equal path lengths for ions and electrons, which are guided in concentric layers of the magnetic field. Due to the mirror symmetry of the magnetic field, the Lorentz force is the same in both halves of the double helix and causes the charged particles to rotate around the magnetic field lines in spirals of equal path length in both halves of the double helix. In contrast to modern magnetic confinement fusion experiments, where additional coils are needed to induce a twist in the magnetic field, no such additional coils are required. #looperator #solution4fusion #resfusion4 #plasmaphysics #isaset2024 #islop2024 #gmson2024 #grcresd2024 #optics2024 #asktheinventor #fusionenergy #plasma #plasmaphysics #excellence from #theländ  www.res-institute.com

The Tokamak and Stellarator are challenged by introducing the Looperator. Chapter 5 : The Looperator Opens Up a new Category in Fusion Technology. https://lnkd.in/ethBQ--B : Journal of High Energy Physics, Gravitation and Cosmology > Vol.10 No.1, January 2024. The Looperator has been designed for the purpose of permanent magnetic plasma confinement, which is achieved by a quantum-effective choreography of its induction system, which operates in accordance with the principles of general relativity. The first part of the invention, which directly leads into quantum physics, describes the quantum-effective choreography for the intrinsic spin properties of electrons and ions, which has been designed for permanent plasma confinement. The second part of the invention describes a new magnetic field constellation, which makes it possible to implement a plasma vessel with a very simple geometrical order. This can be constructed with serial components in modular assemblies for the various subsystems that make up the fusion reactor as a whole. The fluid dynamics of the plasma resulting from the electromagnetic excitation inside the plasma vessel of the Looperator can be described by forced ring oscillations, which establish a fluid dynamic equilibrium of the electromagnetically induced forces. In order to exploit the intrinsic spin properties of electrons and ions, which defy any visual representation, a combination of three geometric operations is required, namely translation, rotation and the Lorentz transformation. The combination of these transformations, also known as the Poincaré group, is necessary to demonstrate the veracity of general relativity. A comprehensive geometrical analysis revealed that within each individual concentric layer of the tubular plasma volume, the looped magnetic field lines for particles with a spin quantum number of 1/2 are of equal length and lie on the surface of a transformation sphere of uniform radius. #Looperator #solution4fusion #resfusion5 #plasmaphysics #isaset2024 #islop2024 #gmson2024 #grcresd2024 #optics2024 #asktheinventor #fusionenergy #plasma #plasmaphysics #excellence from #theländ  www.res-institute.com

How do #neutrinos change as they travel through #space? On their journeys, these highly energetic elemental particles change 'flavour'. There are three: electronic, muonic and tauic. A better understanding of these reactions could unlock some of the mysteries of matter in the #Universe.   Supported by the SNSF Swiss National Science Foundation, Professor Federico Sánchez's group, from the Department of Nuclear and Corpuscular Physics at the Faculty of Science | University of Geneva (UNIGE), is actively involved in the T2K project in Japan 🇯🇵 . This 300km particle accelerator aims to observe neutrinos within an intense beam of protons. Thanks to the UNIGE's contribution, the experiment has now reached a new stage with the installation of a new detector and a 50% increase in beam intensity.   “UNIGE has pioneered innovative detector concepts, used in this experiment, that precisely measure the time of particle creation, along with the development of advanced readout electronics for detecting neutrino interactions,” explains Federico Sanchez.   These improvements pave the way for the next generation of neutrino experiments. They will enable the project to continue to play a leading role in understanding the properties of neutrinos. #science #physics #research

How to surf to high energies A laser ionises rubidium vapour, turning it into plasma. A proton bunch plunges inside, evolving into millimetre-long microbunches. The microbunches pull the plasma’s electrons, forming wakes in the plasma, like a speedboat displacing water. Crests and troughs of the plasma’s electric field trail the proton microbunches at almost the speed of light. If injected at just the right moment, relativistic electrons surf on the accelerating phase of the field over a distance of metres, gaining energy up to a factor of 1000 times faster than can be achieved in conventional accelerators. The AWAKE experiment is adapting plasma-wakefield acceleration for applications in particle physics: https://lnkd.in/gaB7Wcqp

🚀 Pushing the boundaries of laser-driven proton acceleration! 🚀 Excited to share that our latest research at HZDR has led to a milestone in plasma-based ion acceleration. Our expertise in setting up and performing experiments under optimised interaction conditions culminated in achieving a perfect cascade of different acceleration mechanisms at ultra-relativistic intensities. Using our DRACO-PW system and only 22 J of laser energy on target, we've accelerated protons to a new record energy of 150 MeV! 💥 This performance level demonstrates the potential for highly efficient ion acceleration using high-power laser systems suitable for repetitive operation at moderate laser energies. 📖 Read more about this achievement in our Nature Physics article: https://lnkd.in/eGgYRHEy Looking forward to the future of laser-driven acceleration technology as enabler for real-world applications! 🌟 #Helmholtz #HZDR #NaturePhysics #LaserPlasma #PlasmaAcceleration #ParticleAccelerators #AcceleratorPhysics #HighEnergyDensity #HighPowerLaser #Innovation #Science

Another step towards workable fusion reactors!

In a recent paper titled,"Continuous ultraviolet to blue-green astrocomb" published in Nature Communications, Professor Corin Gawith and a multi-institutional team from Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, the Cavendish Laboratory - Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge, Uppsala University and the Optoelectronics Research Centre at the University of Southampton introduce a concept achieving a broad, continuous spectrum by combining second-harmonic generation and sum frequency-mixing in a Covesion MgO:PPLN waveguide to generate 390–520 nm light from a 1 GHz Ti:sapphire frequency comb. https://loom.ly/s72OUuI #_Covesion #SHG #secondharmonicgeneration

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