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Third IAEA
Technical Meeting on
26 March – 28 March 2007 Department of
Physics Heslington York, U.K. |
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency Hosted by the University of York,
UK |
Important notice: IAEA Participation Forms can be found here.
INTRODUCTION
Fusion energy can be produced if the plasma instabilities
are successfully controlled. These plasma instabilities currently preclude the
effective confinement of high temperature and dense plasma for a time long
enough for economic net energy production. Many different types of plasma
instabilities have been found in plasma devices. These have been partially
explained by theoretical models but still the knowledge is incomplete and has
to be supplemented by further theoretical and experimental efforts. New ideas
have recently emerged such as the interplay between different types of
instabilities, cascades of instabilities and their interaction with plasma
turbulence, etc. to explain observed plasma phenomena.
The IAEA TM
on theory of plasma instabilities is a workshop for open discussions on the
physics issues of plasma instabilities. Its scope is both linear and non- linear
theory, and both large scale as well as small scale instabilities.
The Third IAEA Technical Meeting
(IAEA-TM) on the Theory of Plasma Instabilities with a focus on the confinement and stability of
burning plasmas will take place from 26 March to 28 March 2007 at the Department
of Physics of the University of York, Heslington, York, U.K. (after a kick-off
meeting in 1999, previous meetings in these series were held in 2002, at
Kloster Seeon and in 2005 at Trieste).
OBJECTIVES
The Third IAEA-TM on Theory of Plasma
Instabilities will provide a forum for open discussion on theoretical and
computational physics issues of relevance to burning plasmas. The meeting will
cover linear and non-linear theory of large and small scale plasma
instabilities, including turbulence, magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) effects and
integrated modelling. All physics issues of relevance to the performance of
burning plasma devices will be covered, but special attention will be paid to
the modelling and prediction of instabilities generated by fast alpha particles
and their role in the plasma confinement. This subject is of significant
importance for the ITER project and for the performance of future fusion power
plants. The meeting will aim to identify directions for future fusion research
in preparation for ITER and fusion power plants.
MEETING FORMAT
The meeting will
have invited and contributed papers (orals and posters) presented in sessions
devoted to special topics with subsequent discussions. Plenary sessions
will be followed by poster sessions to enhance topical discussions. It is
expected that all talks will be ~20 minutes with ~5 minutes for
discussion. An overhead projector for transparencies and an electronic
projector with a computer capable of reading CD's and memory sticks will be
available (Power Point recommended).
The official
language of the meeting is English (no interpretation will be provided).
It is expected that the meeting will start at 8:30 on 26 March 2007 and end by
17:00 on 28 March 2007.
TOPICS
1.
Overview
State of the art, and needs for
ITER and fusion power
2. Improved
Performance
Comparison between
turbulence/stability calculations and experiments
New theoretical
paradigms including statistical approaches
Transport barrier
dynamics including pedestal formation
Active control of
transport barriers in future devices
Control of plasma
instabilities (ELMs, NTMs, etc)
3. Turbulence and
Nonlinear Instabilities
Direct numerical
simulations and analytic theories elucidating turbulence saturation and
transport mechanisms
Nonlinear theory of
meso-scale self-organized structures (zonal flows, streamers,...)
4. Energetic
Particle Physics
Alpha particle induced
collective instabilities
Nonlinear
theory/simulation of Alfvenic instabilities
Energetic particle
effects on MHD instabilities (eg sawteeth, NTMs, ELMs)
Relation between radial
electric field and energetic particle dynamics
5. Interaction of
Macroscopic Instabilities and Transport Process
Recent progress on
neoclassical tearing mode physics
Theories on ELM dynamics, ELM classification
Theories on disruptions
and resistive wall modes,
Physics basis for
integrated modelling
ABSTRACT
Submission
from 15 November to 15 December 2006
Anyone wishing to present a paper or poster during
this meeting must submit an abstract, in electronic format (WORD, preferred for
editing purposes) directly to physics@iaea.org.
The email subject for abstract submission shall
include: “IAEA-TM on Theory of Plasmas Instabilities”. The file name should be
in the following format: "lastname.i.n.i.t.i.a.l.s.-topic.doc"
The abstract may be
submitted by post or fax to the IAEA Scientific Secretary (to arrive before 17
December 2006):
The abstracts shall be prepared according to the
following instructions:
1) Page size: A4 (297mm by 210 mm) – vertical
orientation
2) Margins 25mm all around
3) Layout:
Title:
single-spaced, 14-point size, Times New Roman Font, bold
Authors:
single-spaced, 12-point size, Times New Roman Font
Affiliation:
single-spaced, 12-point size, Times New Roman Font, italic
Text: 1.5 spaced,
12-point size, Times New Roman Font
Length: one page
A Book of Abstracts will be compiled for distribution at the
meeting to every participant.
PAPERS
Papers must be
prepared for Oral or Poster presentations. High quality reports should be
produced for submission to the IAEA proceedings series. Authors must submit Form B to the IAEA for
copyright proposes.
Instructions for
manuscripts preparation will be posted here.
Selected authors
are requested to send their electronic file of the Oral presentation up to
three days in advance of the meeting start date to Dr Roddy Vann
(rglv500@york.ac.uk) to allow for
timely preparation of the projection facilities.
A summary report
of the meeting will be prepared for submission to the “Nuclear Fusion” journal.
PARTICIPATION
About forty persons
from IAEA Member States or international organizations are expected to attend.
Participants should be persons actively involved in the topics of the
meeting.
Following the
standard IAEA procedure, official participants of the meeting must be nominated
through their national authorities (Ministry of Foreign Affairs or National
Atomic Energy Authority) by submitting the Form A to the IAEA Scientific
Secretary through their official authorities.
VISA
Designated
participants who require a visa to enter the UK should submit the necessary
application to the nearest diplomatic or consular representative of UK as soon
as possible. A letter of invitation, if needed, should be requested from Dr Roddy
Vann (email: rglv500@york.ac.uk)
In order to
participate in the meeting, these major steps must be completed:
1) Abstract Submission
A one page
abstract must be submitted between 15 November and 15 December 2006.
The abstract may be text only or contain figures and graphics, but must be only
one page. The abstract must contain the authors name, affiliation and email
address. Acceptable file formats are Microsoft Word (preferred) or PDF.
The filename should be in the following format: "lastname.i.n.i.t.i.a.l.s.-topic.filetype".
Submit the abstract by email to Physics@iaea.org or by post or fax to the
IAEA Scientific Secretary (to arrive before 17 December 2006):
Artur Malaquias
A.Malaquias@iaea.org
NAPC Physics Section
International
Atomic Energy Agency
Office
A2309
Wagramer
Str. 5, P.O. Box 100, A1400 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43 1
2600-21707, FAX: +43 1 26007-21707
The authors must
make sure that the files do not include copyrighted fonts or other impediments
for reproduction. The abstracts will be selected and classified by the
International Advisory Committee. Authors will be informed of the International
Advisory Committee’s decision by email, before 25 January 2007.
2) IAEA Participation Form.
A participant will be accepted only if the Participation Form A is transmitted through the appropriate Governmental
representative authority.
Please also send a completed Author Form B with
the abstract of your presentation to your appropriate authority (Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, National Atomic Energy Authority) for subsequent transmission
to the IAEA.
Please send an additional copy of the Author Form B and abstract by e-mail or fax directly to the IAEA Scientific Secretary.
2) Expenditures and Financial Support.
The costs for
the administration of the meeting are borne by the host organization and the
IAEA. No registration fee to participate at the meeting will be charged to
participants.
As a general
rule, the IAEA does not pay the cost for attendance to the meeting (i.e. travel
and living expenses) of participants. However, limited funds are available to
help meet the cost of attendance of a few selected specialists from developing
countries with very low economic resources. Generally, not more than one grant
will be awarded to any one country. The grants awarded will be in the form of
lump sums usually covering part of the cost of attendance.
If governments
wish to apply for a grant on behalf of one of their experts, they should address
specific requests to the IAEA Scientific Secretary at the International Atomic
Energy Agency to this effect. Governments should ensure that applications for
grants:
a) are received
by the IAEA by 17 December 2006
b) are
accompanied by a duly completed and signed Author Form B and Grant Form C including the abstract
of the paper to be presented.
c) a cost
estimation of the airfare from an official travel agent is included.
Applications
that do not comply with the conditions mentioned above cannot be considered.
Awards will be announced around 10 February 2007.
DEADLINES
15 December 2006 - Submittal by email or fax of
abstracts according to the instructions above for paper selection.
17 December 2006 - Submittal by post of abstracts
according to the instructions above for paper selection.
17
December 2006 -
Request to the IAEA for financial support
25 January 2007 - The International Advisory
Committee will inform Participants of the acceptance of their papers
10
February 2007 –
Grant awards selection
26 March
2007 – Meeting
begins (bring an electronic word file of your paper for the IAEA)
INTERNATIONAL
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN: Mr.
Howard Wilson, University of York, UK
Ms. S. Guenter, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Germany
Mr. Ya. I. Kolesnichenko, Kiev
Institute for Nuclear Research, Ukraine
Mr. Arthur G. Peeters
Max-Planck-Institut
für Plasmaphysik, Germany
Mr T.S. Hahm, Princeton
Plasma Physics Laboratory, USA
Mr. Boris Breizman, University
of Texas at Austin, USA
Mr Kimitaka Itoh, National Institute
for Fusion Science, Japan
LOCAL ORGANISERS:
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Roddy Vann rglv500@york.ac.uk Department of Physics University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD U.K. Tel: +44 1904 432296 |
Howard Wilson hw508@york.ac.uk Department of Physics University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD U.K. Tel: +44 1904 432297 |
International
Atomic Energy Agency:
Mr. Artur
Malaquias
A.Malaquias@iaea.org
NAPC
Physics Section
International
Atomic Energy Agency
Office
A2309
Wagramer
Str. 5, P.O. Box 100, A1400 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43 1
2600-21707, FAX: +43 1 26007-21707