Scope, Topics, Language
Scope
This conference continues the series of European Physical Society (EPS) conferences on Plasma Physics, encompassing the fields of fusion research, magnetic confinement fusion, beam plasmas, laser-plasma interaction and inertial confinement fusion, dusty and low temperature plasmas, as well as space and astrophysical plasmas and basic plasmas.
Topics
• Magnetic Confinement Fusion
o Edge and plasma-wall interactions
o Turbulence and transport
o MHD equilibrium, stability and control
o Operational limits and plasma control
o Diagnostics
o Heating and fuelling
o Concept development and engineering
• Beam Plasmas & Inertial Fusion
o Inertial confinement and high gain target design
o Interaction and parametric instabilities
o Hydrodynamics and instabilities
o Ultra-intense laser interaction and fast ignition
o Warm dense matter
o Laboratory astrophysics
o Inertial fusion energy drivers and reactors; pulsed power machines
o Radiation and particle sources
• Dusty & Low Temperature Plasmas
o Theory and numerical simulations
o Liquid and crystalline complex (dusty) plasmas
o Nucleation and growth
o Waves
o Diagnostics
o Plasma Processing and applications
o Dust in fusion
Topics addressed this year will cover:
o collisionless and stochastic heating in low-temperature plasmas
o dusty plasmas
o diagnostics and modelling of plasma discharges
o atmospheric pressure plasmas
o plasma-surface interactions for energy applications
• Basic Plasmas & Space & Astrophysical Plasmas
o Space and solar plasmas
o Fundamental plasma physics
o Astrophysics and cosmology
o Free electron lasers and masers
Language
The official conference language is English