- Department: Physics
- Module co-ordinator: Dr. Kate Lancaster
- Credit value: 30 credits
- Credit level: M
- Academic year of delivery: 2021-22
- See module specification for other years: 2022-23
Occurrence | Teaching period |
---|---|
A | Autumn Term 2021-22 to Spring Term 2021-22 |
A basic knowledge of the diagnostics, the type of data, and data analysis methods needed to interpret a magnetic and inertial confinement fusion experiment is provided. The basic diagnostics are a range of neutron, X-ray, magnetic field, and optical detectors that give spatially and/or temporally resolved measurements of a fusion experiment.
An introduction to the computer simulation of plasmas is obtained. The series of lectures in the first term gives a theoretical foundation for the techniques that will be practised in the laboratory in the second term. Students will learn about both continuum (fluid) and discrete (particle) techniques, and identify which techniques are appropriate for a variety of specific problems. During the first term students will gradually write a continuum code, submitting a minor project report at the end of the first term. In the second term computational laboratory, students will use a particle-in-cell code for their major project.
At the end of this module successful students will be able to:
Task | Length | % of module mark |
---|---|---|
Essay/coursework Computational Report |
N/A | 13 |
Essay/coursework Fusion Laboratory - Autumn Assignment |
N/A | 17 |
Essay/coursework Fusion Laboratory - Poster |
N/A | 17 |
Essay/coursework Fusion Laboratory - Spring Assignment |
N/A | 17 |
Essay/coursework Skills |
N/A | 19 |
Practical Fusion Laboratory - Practical 1 Comp Lab |
N/A | 17 |
None
Task | Length | % of module mark |
---|---|---|
Essay/coursework Computational Report |
N/A | 13 |
Essay/coursework Fusion Laboratory - Autumn Assignment |
N/A | 17 |
Essay/coursework Fusion Laboratory - Poster |
N/A | 17 |
Essay/coursework Fusion Laboratory - Spring Assignment |
N/A | 17 |
Essay/coursework Skills |
N/A | 19 |
Practical Fusion Laboratory - Practical 1 Comp Lab |
N/A | 17 |
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IH Hutchinson Principles of Plasma diagnostics, Cambridge 2001
MAST Wiki
Toshiki Tajima, Computational Plasma Physics: With Applications to Fusion and Astrophysics (Westview Press 2004)
C. K. Birdsall and A. B. Langdon, Plasma Physics Via Computer Simulation (IoP 1991)
A. Iserles, A First Course in the Numerical Analysis of Differential Equations (CUP 1996)