PhD Opportunity at UKAEA Culham (Modelling of JET ECE Diagnostic Data) Darren McDonald.
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PhD Opportunity at UKAEA Culham(Modelling of JET ECE Diagnostic Data)
Darren McDonald
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The Energy Problem
• In the last two years, growth in Chinese consumption has exceeded the total German consumption
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Fusion as a solution
• The amount of lithium contained in a laptop battery, combined with less than half a bathtub of water, will be able to provide enough fusion fuel to supply one person’s energy for 30 years.
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The Tokamak
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Plasma Diagnosis
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Integrated Diagnostic Analysis
Interferometry inversion LIDAR Te
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Electron Cyclotron Emission
General properties
1. Electrons in a field radiate e
cemeB
k B: O-mode (E || B) , X-mode (E B)
2. EM radiation propagates in the plasma:
e
k||
k v||
B
3. Emission & absorption occurs
I() Te(r)
B(r)
optically thick, thermal plasma I T
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This PhD
• Modelling ECE diagnostics at JET using SPECE– Install SPECE code and use it to model JET shots
– Add models of diagnostics onto SPECE
– Install and optimise module into integrated system
• Exploit physics capabilities of method– Reconstruct JET temperature profiles
– Study impact of non-thermal electron distributions in JET
• Study of system for use in ITER– ITER is the next big step for fusion (project unites EU, Japan, Russia, South Korea, India, US and China)
– To be built in Southern France, operational by end of 2018
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ITER
• Now is an exciting time to join tokamak fusion research!
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Further Information
• Speak to me afterwards!
• Website
– www.fusion.org.uk