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The Plasma Physics Group began its activity in 1992 and belongs to the Physics Department of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. At present it consists of experts and PhD students especialized in the field of controlled thermonuclear fusion by magnetic confinement. We have experience in solving problems related to the design of magnetic confinement fusion devices, the study of turbulent transport in fusion plasmas, as well as runaway electrons during disruptions in tokamak plasmas. To do this, we use sophisticated mathematical and computational tools.
The main topics of our research are:
- Turbulence and transport in fusion plasmas
- Runaway electrons and disruptions in tokamak plasmas
- MHD stability
- Design of magnetic confinement fusion devices
The group keeps close collaborations with many experimental and theoretical groups over the world such as Fusion Energy Division in Oak Ridge National laboratory (ORNL, USA), Fusion Division in Associazione ENEA-Frascati (Rome), Department of Physics in University of Fairbanks (Alaska, USA), Fusion Division in Asociación EURATOM-CIEMAT (Madrid, Spain), National Institute for Fusion Science (Japan), ITER Organization, etc.
Teaching:
Universidad Carlos III, through the Plasma Physics Group, is a partner institution of two international Erasmus Mundus Programmes in the nuclear fusion field: “European Master of Science in Nuclear Fusion and Engineering Physics (FUSION-EP)” and the doctoral programme “International Doctoral College in Fusion Science and Engineering (FUSION-DC)”.
The Plasma Physics Group is also responsible for the Doctoral Programme on Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
