Welcome to the Imperial College Plasma Physics GroupWelcome to the Imperial College Plasma Physics Group

• Largest plasma physics group in the UK

• Offering roughly 10 PhD places to start Autumn 2009

• Experimental and theoretical plasma physics

• Since 2001 26 PhDs awarded, majority continue in research (UK, US, Europe)

Research AreasResearch Areas

• Magnetic confinement plasmas

• High-power laser-produced plasmas

• Z-pinch plasmas

• Dusty plasmas (theory)

Magnetic confinement fusion plasmasMagnetic confinement fusion plasmas

JET Tokamak (Culham)

High-power laser-produced plasmas High-power laser-produced plasmas

VULCAN laser

Z-pinch plasmas Z-pinch plasmas

ScheduleSchedule

3.30pm Prof Steven Rose Welcome and General IntroductionProf Steven Rose Plasma Spectroscopy

3.45pm Dr Darren McDonald (Culham) Modelling of JET ECE Diagnostic Data4.00pm Dr Zulfikar Najmudin PhD Opportunities in Experimental Laser

Dr Stuart Mangles Plasma Interaction4.15pm Prof Roger Evans Laser Plasma Simulations4.30pm Dr Michael Coppins Dusty Plasmas4.45pm Dr Jerry Chittenden Z-pinch and ICF Modelling5pm Prof Sergey Lebedev Z-pinch and Laboratory Astrophysics

Dr Simon Bland Experiments

5.15pm onwards - Refreshments and an opportunity to chat with the Plasma Group

5.30pm – Optional Tour of MAGPIE

We hope that you enjoy your visit

PhD Projects – Steven Rose

Plasma Spectroscopy

Conditions in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas

Al Lyman-α emission from a simple aluminium dot target

aluminium dot

Vertical Johann spectrometer view - placed at different distances from target surface

aluminium plasma

4x1014Wcm-2

nsec1.06m

Al Lyman-α emission – comparison between theory and experiment

experiment Δ theory – no line-line interaction ─ theory – including line-line interaction

Renner et al, Physical Review Letters (2005)