Clemson University

Taming turbulence in plasmas: from magnetic fusion energy to black hole accretion disks, Dr. Troy Carter, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, UCLA

Plasmas in the laboratory and in astrophysical settings vary widely in parameters (e.g. temperature and density) but have one thing in common: they are plagued by instabilities. These instabilities and associated turbulence are detrimental in laboratory plasmas for fusion energy research, causing heat, particles and momentum to "leak" across the confining magnetic field. For astrophysical plasmas in accretion disks, turbulence is essential to explain observed rates of momentum transport and accretion. I will talk about instabilities and turbulence in magnetized plasmas and their relevance to achieving magnetic confinement fusion in the laboratory and understanding processes in astrophysical plasmas.

Bio brief: Dr. Carter is an alumni of UNC State, where he graduated summa cum laude in 1996 in Nuclear Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in 2001 from the Astrophysical Sciences Program in Plasma Physics at Princeton University. His M.A. was completed in 1997 at the same Institution. After a DOE Fusion Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship at UCLA in 2001-2002, he joined their faculty in 2002. Dr. Carter is a Visiting Scholar at Merton College, Oxford University. He has received numerous awards and honors, and has been an APS DPP Distinguished Lecturer since 2009. He serves the community as an Editor (AIP Advances), reviewer for many prestigious journals in plasma physics, and as an adviser to DOE and the NSF.

Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Kinard Laboratory of Physics, G01 Kinard Lab
140 Delta Epsilon Ct., Clemson, SC 29634, USA

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Seminars

Target Audience

Students, Faculty

Departments

Physics and Astronomy, College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences

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Contact Name:

Amanda Crumpton

Contact Phone:

656-0343

Contact Email:

aellenb@clemson.edu

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