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High-Temperature Plasma Physics / Energy Generation Research Division, Complex Plasma Systems Research Lab
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The lab takes on ultra-high-temperature plasma with the heliotron, a device born at Kyoto University.
AboutAbout the lab
Confining ultra-high-temperature plasma.
The High-Temperature Plasma Physics Lab (Institute of Advanced Energy) uses experiments and theoretical simulations to uncover the properties of ultra-high-temperature plasma aimed at fusion.
The lab also studies the principles of generating, heating, and controlling high-temperature plasma, and their applications.
It is a cooperating chair of the Department of Fundamental Energy Science in the Graduate School of Energy Science, and is staffed by faculty of the Institute of Advanced Energy at Uji Campus.
Key terms
- Heliotron
- A type of fusion device conceived at Kyoto University that confines plasma with a twisted magnetic field
- Plasma
- A state in which the atoms and molecules of a gas separate into electrons and ions that move around freely
- Turbulence
- A state in which a flow is finely and irregularly disordered; it affects how heat and particles escape from plasma
ResearchResearch themes
Aiming to develop next-generation helical high-temperature plasma confinement devices, the lab uses the Heliotron J device to study the physical principles of improved confinement and magnetic field optimization through both experiments and theory.
*Illustrative imageImproving confinement with Heliotron J
With Heliotron J, a device that further develops the heliotron concept born at Kyoto University, the lab aims to make the magnetic axis three-dimensional so that good confinement and plasma stabilization are achieved together, greatly improving the confinement performance of plasma without a net current.
*Illustrative imageExploring heating, turbulence, and measurement through experiments
The lab focuses on the heating process and energy transport for plasmas ranging from tens of thousands of degrees to over 10 million degrees, the fundamental physics of instabilities and turbulence, and the development of measurement techniques for investigating density and temperature. It also carries out joint research with overseas research institutes.
MembersFaculty
The faculty of the High-Temperature Plasma Physics Lab are Professor Shigeru Inagaki, Associate Professor Shinichiro Kado, and Assistant Professor Fumiyoshi Kin.
- ProfessorShigeru Inagaki
- Associate ProfessorShinichiro Kado
- Assistant ProfessorFumiyoshi Kin
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Historical stellarator Wendelstein IIb, on display at IPP Greifswald” Siarhei Besarab / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Improving confinement with Heliotron J: “Design and construction of the MUSE permanent magnet stellarator - Fig20” T.M. Qian, X. Chu, C. Pagano, D. Patch, M.C. Zarnstorff, B. Berlinger, D. Bishop, A. Chambliss, M. Haque, D. Seidita, C. Zhu / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Exploring heating, turbulence, and measurement through experiments: “Laboratory of Dust Plasma Diagnostics” Stanislav Liubauskas / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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